Darcy Hall of Life Care is located in the large metropolitan area of West Palm Beach, Florida with a total of 337,616 people. With an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. West Palm Beach received a city grade of B+, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. The best part of this nursing home's profile was is its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Darcy Hall of Life Care
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received a much better grade for nursing than it received overall. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Our nursing score includes several datapoints. The most important variable is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next highest category turned out to be its long-term care score, where it was given a B-. Our long-term care ratings are essential for people requiring personal care. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to only 77.851234 percent of its residents. Fortunately, this place 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 figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a middle of the pack grade in the category of short-term care, where it received a B-. Our short-term care ratings are critical for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
Facility Inspections
The final area we looked at is inspections. Inspection scores are based on a facility's recent government inspection reports. This facility received a score of C in this category. We would argue that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. Surprisingly, this place had a category J through K deficiency, which are among the worst possible deficiencies. This often tells you CMS found a deficiency which places patient safety or health in immediate jeopardy. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Darcy Hall of Life Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 2.33% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 94.94% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Darcy Hall of Life Care, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for West Palm Beach, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? West Palm Beach, Florida has 11 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Good Samaritan Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3 miles away1309 N Flagler Dr West Palm Beach Florida 33401Proprietary(561) 655-5511
- The Jerome Golden Center for Behavioral Health, InPsychiatric 3.4 miles away1041 45th St West Palm Beach Florida 33407Voluntary non-profit - Private(561) 844-9741
- St Mary's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.54 miles away901 45th St West Palm Beach Florida 33407Proprietary(561) 840-6202
- Jfk Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.78 miles away5301 S Congress Ave Lake Worth Florida 33462Proprietary(561) 965-7300
- Wellington Regional Medical Center LLCAcute Care Hospitals 8.16 miles away10101 Forest Hill Blvd Wellington Florida 33414Proprietary(561) 798-8500
- Palm Beach Gardens Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.19 miles away3360 Burns Rd Palm Beach Gardens Florida 33410Proprietary(561) 622-1411
- Palms West HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.01 miles away13001 Southern Blvd Loxahatchee Florida 33470Proprietary(561) 753-4245
- Bethesda Hospital EastAcute Care Hospitals 14.3 miles away2815 S Seacrest Blvd Boynton Beach Florida 33435Voluntary non-profit - Private(561) 737-7733
Nearby Dialysis
- Renal Care Partners of West Palm Beach1.06 miles away300 Executive Center Drive #101 West Palm Beach Florida 33401Dialysis Stations: 13 (561) 932-1981
- Pure Life Renal of West Palm Beach, LLC2.57 miles away1522 N Dixie Hwy West Palm Beach Florida 33401Dialysis Stations: 19 (561) 833-5355
- Sunshine Dialysis Care Centers3.13 miles away2900 Broadway Ave, Ste 3004 West Palm Beach Florida 33404Dialysis Stations: 18 (561) 902-3164
- Dialysis Assoc of the Palm Beaches3.18 miles away2611 Poinsettia Ave West Palm Beach Florida 33407Dialysis Stations: 20 (561) 833-0759
- Atlantic Kidney Centers LLC3.31 miles away4700 Congress Ave Ste 106 West Palm Beach Florida 33407CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (561) 845-2888
- Continental Dialysis Care3.44 miles away2000 Continental Dr Ste A West Palm Beach Florida 33407CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (561) 840-4141
- Saint Marys Hospital Dialysis Unit3.68 miles away901 45th St West Palm Beach Florida 33407Dialysis Stations: 24 (561) 882-6470
- Fmc - Lake Clarke Shores Dialysis Center4.18 miles away3047 Forest Hill Blvd West Palm Beach Florida 33406Dialysis Stations: 13 (561) 641-9611