Cypress Garden Center for Nursing and Rehab

While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

One of this facility's better category scores was in the category of short-term care. This ended up being its second best category. In that category, we awarded this facility a B-. Our short-term care grades are meaningful for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.

The next area we analyzed was long-term care, where this facility was awarded a B- in this category. In crafting our long-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinates 99.356224 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The next category we graded was nursing, proved to be this facility's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in this category. This really is one of the few dings in a quality profile. Nursing grades are largely associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.