Egret Cove Center
550 62nd St S, Saint Petersburg FL 33707 · (727) 347-6151 · 72.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Egret Cove Center is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida, which offers a slew of nursing homes. This facility was given an extremely poor overall score based on the data we looked at. Keep in mind that Saint Petersburg received a far more impressive city grade of B, so you should definitely consider other options in the 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, nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Even though we gave this nursing home a terrible overall grade, we gave it a grade of C for our nursing category. The nursing grade consists of quite a few factors, many of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Even though this place excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it fell short in certain statistics that related to quality. This facility's nursing grade was pulled down by its weak performance in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers. In fact, we found that 18 percent of this facility's residents suffered from pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
As it turns out, its inspection reports were not the source of this facility's bottom of the barrel overall grade. It earned a C in this category. We would argue that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home had 5 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates it dodged the more significant classes of deficiencies. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Short-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this facility only earned a grade of D for its short-term care rating, which is not an impressive grade. In determining these short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 27 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most facilities, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we rated was long-term care, which turned out to be a weak link for this nursing home. We awarded this nursing home a D for the area of long-term care. Facilities that don't fare well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 92.76139 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be a bit lower than we expected but still a respectable figure. Finally, we were stunned by the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility fared poorly with 4.85 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is more than twice the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Egret Cove Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by lower quality nursing care. More frequent bathing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better