Groves Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Lake Wales, Florida. We awarded this facility an overall grade of D. A score in this range typically suggests some concerning datapoints. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Lake Wales. The city has just one other nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Groves Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
512 S 11th St,
Lake Wales FL 33853
92.25% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home highly overall, we want to draw your attention to its excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. Inspection ratings are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities with severe deficiencies associated with risks to resident well being. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
The second most favorable category we gave this nursing home in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The tricky part is determining what bearing this had on quality of care. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This proved to be more of a strength for this facility. In fact, we found that it outperformed the majority of facilities with 52 percent of its residents returning home. This is a better rate than most facilities.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. Our nursing rating assesses quite a few subcategories, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. Unfortunately, this place also had abysmal scores in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its low nursing hour totals. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This facility was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this measure.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we rated is long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this area, which is a poor grade. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.45 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Groves Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Groves Center, 9.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Groves Center, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients that have had falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Groves Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Groves Center, 11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Groves Center, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Groves Center, 2.43% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Groves Center, 95.03% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Groves Center, 13.16% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Groves Center, 18.15% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels. Many believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Groves Center, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Groves Center, 18.15 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Groves Center, 9.19 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Groves Center, 77.65% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Adventhealth Lake WalesAcute Care Hospitals 0.27 miles away410 S 11th St Lake Wales Florida 33853Proprietary(863) 676-1433
- Winter Haven HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.36 miles away200 Ave F Ne Winter Haven Florida 33881Voluntary non-profit - Private(863) 293-1121
- Bartow Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.34 miles away2200 Osprey Blvd Bartow Florida 33831Proprietary(863) 533-8111
- Poinciana Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.27 miles away325 Cypress Pkwy Kissimmee Florida 34758Proprietary(407) 530-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Lake Wales Dialysis0.26 miles away1125 Bryn Mawr Ave Lake Wales Florida 33853Dialysis Stations: 12 (863) 679-9851
- Rai Care Centers - Lake Wales0.31 miles away1348 State Road 60 E Lake Wales Florida 33853Dialysis Stations: 15 (863) 676-9510
- Winter Haven South Dialysis7.99 miles away7220 Cypress Gardens Blvd Winter Haven Florida 33884CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (863) 324-5040
- Rai Care Centers - Winter Haven13.39 miles away1200 E Lake Silver Dr Winter Haven Florida 33881CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (863) 299-0007
- Winter Haven Dialysis14.02 miles away1625 Unity Way Nw Winter Haven Florida 33881CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (863) 294-8851
- Bartow Dialysis17.07 miles away1190 E Church St Bartow Florida 33830Dialysis Stations: 16 (863) 533-1601
- Rai Care Centers - Haines City17.62 miles away110 Patterson Rd Haines City Florida 33844CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (863) 422-0800
- Fmc-Auburndale17.83 miles away365 Havendale Blvd Auburndale Florida 33823Dialysis Stations: 16 (863) 551-3159