Glencove Health and Rehabilitation Center

Glencove Health and Rehabilitation Center is one of four facilities located in Panama City, Florida. We awarded this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. Based on our assessment, this place is simply as good as it gets. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category grades, which are also impressive. It is hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.

On top of faring well overall, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that category with an A+. Inspection scores are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This nursing home also fared very well in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Few facilities received a better grade in this area. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. This nursing home performed better in this area than in its staffing levels. It fared as well as just about any nursing home in the country in this area with 57.6 percent of its residents returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing rating is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of training of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a resident more frequently.

The next area we looked at was long-term care. This facility was given a very good nursing score this year, with a grade of B. Although this is not nearly as impressive as several of its other scores, this is nevertheless one of our more impressive grades in that category. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted vaccination data. Fortunately, this facility excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Although it had 3.06 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was better than the majority of nursing homes since it had more complex patients.