Consulate Health Care of North Fort Myers
991 Pondella Rd, North Fort Myers FL 33903 · (239) 995-8809 · 92.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in North Fort Myers, Florida, Consulate Health Care of North Fort Myers is the sole option we were able to find in the area. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is one of the top grades that we offer. A score in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. You simply can not do any better than this nursing home. This facility also received consistently good scores in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall score, this facility received a first-rate nursing grade. In fact, we gave it an A in that category. Our nursing score features a host of subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was superb in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes received a better grade in this category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is frequently a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. It performed better than most facilities in this area with 53.9 percent of its patients returning home. For most nursing homes, less than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best scores in that area, with an A-. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
In our last area, we gave this nursing home an A- for our long-term care rating. This finished off a very strong report card. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.72067 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. The last statistic we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 4.27 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this admittedly wasn't as strong as some of its other scores in this area, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities due to some of the medical complexity of residents.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Consulate Health Care of North Fort Myers Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression. High rates of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
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 demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better