Orchid Cove at Naples

Even though we did not have many favorable things to say about this facility's overall score, it did receive a respectable nursing rating of B-. Nursing ratings are primarily associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, although this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this area.

We also awarded this nursing home a decent grade in the area of short-term care, with a B-. In determining our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is often a useful measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. The facility supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.

This nursing home's next best category came in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. With our long-term care rating, we focus on the sheer volume of services provided by a nursing home, along with a few qualitative statistics. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.59358 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is more than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Looking to our final category of inspections, we gave this facility a just D, which is a relatively poor grade. Our inspection rating is based on the nursing home's inspections. Since this information is collected by government inspectors, we place a great deal of weight on it in our overall grades. One of the more critical factors in evaluating inspection reports is deficiencies. We suggest you pay close attention to the level of severity of those deficiencies. This facility was assessed 10 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.