With an address in Lake Worth, Florida, Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach is one of eight nursing homes in the city. With an overall grade of A-, this facility is ranked among the better nursing homes we looked at. This grade is better than the city grade of B+ in Lake Worth, which is also an impressive grade. This facility also received impressive ratings in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Oncology Care
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this facility excelled in inspections, where it received a grade of A. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a fine long-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being its second strongest category grade. In that category, this facility received a grade of A. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the elderly population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing ratings are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning a patient at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we rated was short-term care, in which this facility was awarded a B. Even though this is its least impressive category score, this is nevertheless a quality rating. In calculating our short-term care grades, we size up a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This area is frequently a useful measure of a facility's rehabilitation. We were not able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 9.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 0.67% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 5.78% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 8.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 28.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 96.77% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 16.73% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 8.58% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 8.58% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 15.07% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hamlin Place of Boynton Beach, 54.87% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for Lake Worth, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Dialysis
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