Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center is a large nursing home in Clearwater, Florida. Sporting an overall score of B, this looks like a fine option. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Clearwater. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
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
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this place excelled in our inspections category, where it received an A. Few facilities performed better in that category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor dings are not something to panic about.
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 scores are primarily tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a resident more frequently.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a favorable long-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B in this category. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility does not take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we graded was short-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in that area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is often a solid measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 3.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 7.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 1.49% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 2.23% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 2.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 31.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 1.44% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 99.62% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 8.06% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 13.3% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels. Many believe that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 13.3% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 11.08% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center, 81.1% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for Clearwater, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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