Community Care on Palm

Although this place's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually received a decent score in our short-term care category. We gave it a B- for that category. This bailed out its overall grade to a degree. In our short-term care grade, we seek to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are largely based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a place has quality controls in place.

This facility received slightly below average inspections in recent years. We awarded them a C in this category. We would argue that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received some government fines in recent years.

This nursing home's worst category was long-term care, which is the final category we assessed. For this area, we gave this facility a grade of D. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.