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Glades Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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230 South Barfield Highway,
Pahokee FL 33476

(561) 924-5561

56.58% estimated occupancy 1

Glades Health Care Center is located in Pahokee, Florida. This turns out to be an A rated facility. This facility was given one of the top scores we offer. A grade in this range requires top-notch scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the nation. Headlining this facility's remarkable profile is its long-term care grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 98.78542 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This facility has received near flawless health inspections recently. We gave them an A in this area. Inspection scores are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspections. Places that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. We weighed the levels of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses spent with residents, in computing our grade in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last area we assessed is short-term care. In this area, we awarded this facility a favorable grade of B. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is frequently a reliable measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Glades Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Glades Health Care Center, 5.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Glades Health Care Center, 1.62% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Glades Health Care Center, 1.72% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Glades Health Care Center, 38.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Glades Health Care Center, 19.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Glades Health Care Center, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Glades Health Care Center, 98.6% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Glades Health Care Center, 8.38% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Glades Health Care Center, 3.69% of Residents

This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Glades Health Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Glades Health Care Center, 3.69% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Glades Health Care Center, 27.66% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lakeside Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.59 miles away39200 Hooker Hwy Belle Glade Florida 33430Government - Hospital District or Authority(561) 996-6571
  • Hendry Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.26 miles away524 W Sagamore Ave Clewiston Florida 33440Voluntary non-profit - Other(863) 902-3033

Nearby Dialysis

  • Belle Glade Dialysis Center10.05 miles away933 Se 1st St Belle Glade Florida 33430CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (561) 996-0602
  • Clewiston Dialysis Center18.43 miles away851 W Ventura Ave Clewiston Florida 33440Dialysis Stations: 10 (863) 983-8855