HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center is on a list of 13 nursing homes in Fort Myers, Florida. This nursing home proved to be an A+ rated facility, which is the highest rating that we offer. Based on our ratings, this nursing home is just about as as good as it gets. This also ended up being a very consistent nursing home with consistently strong scores in all of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
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HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center
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- Independent Living
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded an A+ short-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to be given several A+ category scores. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Nursing scores are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our next category, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care category. We gave it an A- in that category. This finalized truly elite profile. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 97.4359 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 18.18% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.92% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 5.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 9.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents exhibiting signs of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 94.69% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 10.85% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 12.49% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Some experts believe that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 12.49% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 7.1% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In HealthPark Care and Rehabilitation Center, 89.42% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for Fort Myers, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Fort Myers, Florida has 12 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Mem Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 4.67 miles away13681 Doctors Way Fort Myers Florida 33912Government - Hospital District or Authority(239) 768-5000
- Lee Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.49 miles away2776 Cleveland Ave Fort Myers Florida 33901Government - Hospital District or Authority(239) 332-1111
- Cape Coral HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.96 miles away636 Del Prado Blvd Cape Coral Florida 33990Government - Hospital District or Authority(239) 574-2323
- Lehigh Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.64 miles away1500 Lee Blvd Lehigh Acres Florida 33936Voluntary non-profit - Private(239) 369-2101
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma - South Ft Myers0.76 miles away9400 Gladiolus Dr Ste 200 Fort Myers Florida 33908Dialysis Stations: 12 (239) 482-6700
- Fort Myers South Dialysis1.07 miles away8850 Gladiolus Dr Fort Myers Florida 33908CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (239) 415-1661
- Fort Myers Kidney Care Center3.64 miles away14181 S Tamiami Trail #120 Fort Myers Florida 33912Dialysis Stations: 17 (239) 415-1062
- Cape Coral Home Training5.3 miles away3637 Del Prado Blvd S Suite 202 Cape Coral Florida 33904Dialysis Stations: 5 (239) 542-7076
- Cape Coral South Dialysis6.02 miles away3046 Del Prado Blvd South Suite 4a Cape Coral Florida 33904Dialysis Stations: 17 (239) 549-0339
- Cape Coral Kidney Center, LLC7.16 miles away2735 Santa Barbara Blvd Suite 100-200 Cape Coral Florida 33914Dialysis Stations: 17 (239) 772-2988
- Fort Myers Dialysis7.66 miles away4220 Executive Circle #38 Fort Myers Florida 33916CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (239) 274-3681
- Cape Coral North Dialysis8.87 miles away1315 Se 8th Terrace Cape Coral Florida 33990Dialysis Stations: 12 (239) 772-8599