Gardens Court
3803 Pga Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens FL 33410 · (561) 626-1125 · 83.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Gardens Court is an average-sized nursing home located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. We awarded this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the country. You really can not do any better than this nursing home. We also gave this facility strong scores in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an A+ in this area. Our short-term care scores are thought to be most meaningful for folks requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This facility is the gold standard in terms of skilled nursing staffing. The facility supplied about 50% more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. This is what we look for when grading a facility in this category. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation with 65.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Nursing grades are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This was one of the more impressive figures we found. In addition, a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. On top of looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as reliable indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we scored was long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. Even though this wound up being its least impressive category grade, this is still an above average score. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. On top of offering very favorable levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.645386 percent of its patients. This figure is also significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. The last statistic we assessed was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this facility had 2.59 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gardens Court Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better