Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte is one of five available facilities in Port Charlotte, Florida. We have a high opinion of this facility, which we awarded a B+ overall. We were also impressed with the city grade of facilities in Port Charlotte, making this one of the best places to find a nursing home. Based on our ratings, this place looks like a good fit for most people. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Inspection grades are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A. Very few facilities performed more favorably in this category. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received its third highest category score in the area of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this area, which is an acceptable grade. In the category of short-term care, we seek to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. It does not look like this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Nurse Quality
The last category we looked at ended up being this facility's poorest category. However, even in its worst category we still awarded it a respectable grade of B- for our nursing category. Nursing grades are primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This facility averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is a very low figure. Finally, our nursing ratings also consider some quality-focused statistics. We look at the percentage of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care can reduce these issues.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 11.18% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents who developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 3.83% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 0.9% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 1.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 11.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 1.25% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 100% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 7.12% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 12.84% of Residents
This is the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 12.84% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 12.5% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Consulate Health Care of Port Charlotte, 83.58% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Port Charlotte, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Port Charlotte, Florida has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
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- Bayfront Health Port CharlotteAcute Care Hospitals 2.89 miles away2500 Harbor Blvd Port Charlotte Florida 33952Proprietary(941) 766-4122
- Bayfront Health Punta GordaAcute Care Hospitals 7.4 miles away809 E Marion Ave Punta Gorda Florida 33950Proprietary(941) 639-3131
- Englewood Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.31 miles away700 Medical Blvd Englewood Florida 34223Proprietary(941) 475-6571
- Venice Regional Medical Center - Bayfront HealthAcute Care Hospitals 19.51 miles away540 the Rialto Venice Florida 34285Proprietary(941) 485-7711
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Port Charlotte0.85 miles away2020 Tamiami Trail Port Charlotte Florida 33948CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (941) 255-0371
- Gulf Coast Dialysis Inc.3.15 miles away3300 Tamiami Trail Suite 101a Port Charlotte Florida 33952Dialysis Stations: 1 (941) 625-9985
- Port Charlotte Artificial Kidney Ct5.15 miles away4300 Kings Hwy #406-d17 Punta Gorda Florida 33980CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (941) 625-2822
- Palm Breeze Dialysis7.03 miles away14942 Tamiami Trail Suite G North Port Florida 34287Dialysis Stations: 16 (941) 429-0443
- Rai Care Centers - Punta Gorda7.37 miles away355 Dupont St Punta Gorda Florida 33950Dialysis Stations: 16 (941) 505-0777
- Fresenius Medical Care North Port, LLC8.21 miles away12480 Tamiami Trail South North Port Florida 34287Dialysis Stations: 13 (941) 564-3224
- Fmc - Venice15.83 miles away1120 Indian Hills Blvd Venice Florida 34293CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (941) 493-5969
- Rtc - Venice18.13 miles away816 Pinebrook Rd Venice Florida 34285Dialysis Stations: 23 (941) 486-9057