Lake Park

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection ratings are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To complement its strong assessments in other areas, we gave this nursing home a score of A- for our long-term care rating. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. Clearly we were happy with what we found for this area.

Compounding its fine assessment, this nursing home also received a strong short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is typically a reliable assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Switching gears to the next category, this nursing home received a highly favorable nursing score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that area, finishing off one of our more favorable profiles. The nursing rating weighs quite a few factors, many of which are tied to nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.