Lakewood Nursing Center

Lakewood Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Crescent City, Florida. Sporting an overall rating of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. At the end of the day, this place is a solid choice for quite a few people. We also gave this nursing home impressive ratings in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing grade weighs several factors, however, the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 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 nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed well in the category of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that area with an B+. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no 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. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

The third area we looked at is short-term care. This facility was given a favorable short-term care score, with a B+ in the category. With our short-term care category, we try to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. It does not look like this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This place fared better than most facilities in this area with 49.4 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, at most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents return home.

The last category we scored is long-term care. We awarded this facility one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of B. This facility turned out to be strong in each category we looked at. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. The last datapoint we assessed was its hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 1.98 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is close to average in this area.