Gardens Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Miami, Florida. This nursing home was awarded an uninspiring overall grade of D, which is a well below average rating. Fortunately, if you aren't impressed with this facility, there are countless other options available in this city. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Gardens Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: Gardens Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B- for inspections. This score is better than the facility's overall score. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. We scrutinized the levels of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in calculating our score in this category. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a low total compared to most other nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. While this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this statistic. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning residents even once per day.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best area turned out to be its short-term care grade, where it was awarded a B-. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than a typical facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is long-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this area. This is a decent grade in this area. Our long-term care scores are more meaningful for residents in need of more traditional services related to personal care. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinated 95.50265 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gardens Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gardens Care Center, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gardens Care Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gardens Care Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gardens Care Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gardens Care Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gardens Care Center, 2.33% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gardens Care Center, 94.94% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gardens Care Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gardens Care Center, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Gardens Care Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gardens Care Center, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gardens Care Center, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gardens Care Center, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation.
Scores for Miami, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
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