Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home located in Panama City, Florida. We gave it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. Based on our assessment, this facility has some redeeming qualities. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
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 - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its decent overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. This is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next highest area ended up being its long-term care score, where it was awarded a grade of B-. Long-term care grades are commonly used to grade a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is higher than most nursing homes. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. There are several datapoints included in this area. Most of these subcategories reflect staffing levels. This facility provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure which is well below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed was short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of C in that area. In our short-term care grade, we strive to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. It doesn't look like this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients that are suffering from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that have had a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 2.33% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 94.94% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Panama City, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Panama City, Florida has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Ascension Sacred Heart BayAcute Care Hospitals 3.37 miles away615 N Bonita Ave Panama City Florida 32401Government - Hospital District or Authority(850) 769-1511
- Gulf Coast Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.92 miles away449 W 23rd St Panama City Florida 32405Proprietary(850) 769-8341
Nearby Dialysis
- Coastal Kidney Center3.55 miles away510 N Mcarthur Ave Panama City Florida 32401CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (850) 914-0824
- Panama City Dialysis Center3.91 miles away615 Hwy 231 Panama City Florida 32405Dialysis Stations: 37 (850) 785-1233
- Fmc - Panama City4.41 miles away2100 Harrison Ave Panama City Florida 32405Dialysis Stations: 29 (850) 522-5407
- Lynn Haven Dialysis5.36 miles away404 E 24th Street Lynn Haven Florida 32444Dialysis Stations: 12 (850) 271-2937
- West Beach Dialysis Center19.6 miles away16201 Suite 102 Panama City Beach Pkwy Panama City Beach Florida 32413Dialysis Stations: 8 (850) 233-0837