Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee is an average-sized nursing home in Tallahassee, Florida. This facility received an overall grade of D, which is a well below average rating. In our view, we'd be very reluctant to recommend this place. If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category grades. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
While we didn't give this facility a good overall score, we did give it a strong grade in nursing, where it received a grade of B+. Our nursing rating includes quite a few datapoints, many of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a patient more often.
Short-term Care Quality
The second most favorable category we awarded this facility in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The key is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third category we assessed is long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a C. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.28058 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
In the last category of inspections, we gave this facility a grade of just D for our inspection category. This proved to be this nursing home's worst grade. We take a weak score in this category very seriously. One of the most important factors in evaluating inspection reports is deficiencies. We recommend you pay close attention to the severity of the deficiencies. This particular nursing home had 2 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was assessed large government fines in recent years amounting to more than $100,000. This often signifies that a facility's poor track record spanned several years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term patients which have experienced falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 2.33% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts believe this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 94.94% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility. Some would argue that mobility is important for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Consulate Health Care of Tallahassee, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Tallahassee, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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