Brookdale Palmer Ranch Snf
5111 Palmer Ranch Parkway, Sarasota FL 34238 · (941) 926-7733 · 90.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Brookdale Palmer Ranch Snf is located in Sarasota, Florida, a city with a population of 232,625 people. This nursing home is an A+ rated facility, which is our absolute highest grade. In fact, we were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it as one of the highest rated nursing homes in Sarasota. This facility was also given impressive scores in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ short-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Our short-term care grade is generally used to score a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to offer high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is generally an excellent sign. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy, we found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in the nation with 74.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the rare places to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This grade is based on the nursing home's inspections. Inspection ratings are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's inspections. Places that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Building on its fine profile, this facility also was awarded an excellent long-term care score, with a grade of A. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of considering the elite volume of care provided by nurses and other staff at this nursing home, we also were impressed by the nursing home's vaccination statistics. For example, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. This combination proved to be successful as this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.5 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
In the final area, we awarded this facility a grade of A+ for its nursing score. This wrapped up a very impressive report card. There are many criteria included in this grade. Most of the factors reflect staffing levels. This facility offers a very impressive 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is among the better totals in Florida. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls leading to serious injury, this facility performed better than the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brookdale Palmer Ranch Snf Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better