Gateway Care Center is one of just two facilities located in Pinellas Park, Florida. With an overall grade of B+, this is a strong nursing home. This place truly has plenty of good features. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Gateway Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility also earned top notch inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our higher grades in that category, with an A. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable short-term care grades in our assessment. In fact, we awarded it one of our higher grades in that category, with a score of B+. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. When computing our nursing scores, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility 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 state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a resident more often.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we rated is long-term care. We awarded this facility one of our higher grades in that area, with a B. This nursing home turned out to be strong in each area we assessed. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 91.906006 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be a bit below what we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gateway Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gateway Care Center, 9.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gateway Care Center, 2.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gateway Care Center, 1.78% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gateway Care Center, 10.42% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gateway Care Center, 21.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gateway Care Center, 2.53% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gateway Care Center, 95.81% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gateway Care Center, 12.69% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gateway Care Center, 14.03% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Gateway Care Center, 2.07 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gateway Care Center, 14.03 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gateway Care Center, 9.64 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gateway Care Center, 77.72% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northside HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.75 miles away6000 49th St N Saint Petersburg Florida 33709Proprietary(813) 521-5000
- St Petersburg General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.75 miles away6500 38th Ave N Saint Petersburg Florida 33710Proprietary(727) 384-1414
- St Anthonys HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.47 miles away1200 Seventh Ave N Saint Petersburg Florida 33705Voluntary non-profit - Church(727) 825-1100
- Johns Hopkins All Children's HospitalChildrens 6.67 miles away501 Sixth Avenue South Saint Petersburg Florida 33701Voluntary non-profit - Other(813) 898-7451
- Bayfront Health - St PetersburgAcute Care Hospitals 6.71 miles away701 6th St S Saint Petersburg Florida 33701Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 823-1234
- Palms of Pasadena HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.3 miles away1501 Pasadena Ave S Saint Petersburg Florida 33707Proprietary(727) 381-1000
- Largo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.89 miles away201 14th St Sw Largo Florida 33770Proprietary(727) 588-5200
- Morton Plant HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.54 miles away300 Pinellas St Clearwater Florida 33756Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 462-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Pinellas Park0.57 miles away7910 Us Hwy 19n Pinellas Park Florida 33781CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (727) 544-5916
- Rai Care Centers - Largo4.53 miles away12505 Starkey Rd Suite B Largo Florida 33773Dialysis Stations: 21 (727) 531-8227
- Pinellas West Shore Dialysis4.72 miles away3451 66th Street N Saint Petersburg Florida 33710Dialysis Stations: 12 (727) 345-8389
- St Petersburg South Dialysis5.65 miles away2850 34th Street S Saint Petersburg Florida 33711CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (727) 864-4050
- H Street North - St Petersburg5.89 miles away635 4th St No Saint Petersburg Florida 33701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (727) 821-4654
- St Petersburg Dialysis5.9 miles away1117 Arlington Ave N Saint Petersburg Florida 33705Dialysis Stations: 20 (727) 896-9029
- Lake Seminole Dialysis5.92 miles away10799 Park Blvd North Seminole Florida 33772Dialysis Stations: 20 (727) 319-0180
- Seminole Dialysis Center5.97 miles away6450 Seminole Blvd Seminole Florida 33772Dialysis Stations: 17 (727) 393-5551