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Life Care Center of Palm Bay

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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175 Villa Nueva Ave,
Palm Bay FL 32907

(321) 952-1818

93.68% estimated occupancy 1

Life Care Center of Palm Bay is one of a mere three available facilities in Palm Bay, Florida. This nursing home turns out to be an A rated facility, which is one of the top ratings that we offer. You simply can't do any better than this nursing home. As you can find below, this nursing home performed equally well in our category ratings. We give this place two thumbs up!

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Palm Bay, Florida badge

Best Nursing Home in Palm Bay, Florida Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Palm Bay, Florida badge

Best Nursing Home in Palm Bay, Florida Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received high marks in the area of short-term care as well. As a result, it received our highest grade in that category with an A+. In computing our short-term care ratings, we assess a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is typically a reliable assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This nursing home has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. There are quite a few factors included in this grade. Many of these subcategories are tied to staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures 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 nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning patients more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the last category, this facility also was awarded a very strong long-term care rating, with a grade of A-. This wrapped up a rare straight A profile. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly can be a dangerous condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Life Care Center of Palm Bay Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 4.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 1.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who have had a fall which caused major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 0.26% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 12.85% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic measures the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 16.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents which are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 1.1% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 99.78% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 2.89% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 9.51% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 0.38 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 9.51% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 13.15% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 86.69% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Palm Bay HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.25 miles away1425 Malabar Rd, Ne Palm Bay Florida 32907Proprietary(321) 434-8000
  • Holmes Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6 miles away1350 S Hickory St Melbourne Florida 32901Voluntary non-profit - Private(321) 434-7000
  • Steward Melbourne HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.2 miles away250 North Wickham Road Melbourne Florida 32935Proprietary(321) 752-1200
  • Steward Sebastian River Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.01 miles away13695 Us Hwy 1 Sebastian Florida 32978Proprietary(772) 589-3187
  • Viera HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.03 miles away8745 N Wickham Rd Melbourne Florida 32940Voluntary non-profit - Private(321) 434-9000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Palm Bay Kidney Center0.27 miles away220 Medplex Pkwy Ne Palm Bay Florida 32907CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (321) 722-2709
  • Renal Care Group - Brevard2.06 miles away1355 Palm Bay Rd Palm Bay Florida 32905Dialysis Stations: 20 (321) 768-9801
  • Fmc - Palm Bay3.33 miles away450 Malabar Rd Se #101 Palm Bay Florida 32907Dialysis Stations: 17 (321) 409-0874
  • Melbourne Dialysis5.24 miles away2235 South Babcock St Melbourne Florida 32901Dialysis Stations: 16 (321) 956-6252
  • Melbourne Kidney Center5.97 miles away1400 S Apollo Blvd Melbourne Florida 32901CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (321) 724-0461
  • Fmc - Brevard Home Therapies9.16 miles away2200 W Eau Gallie Blvd #202a Melbourne Florida 32935Dialysis Stations: 4 (321) 259-1181
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Sebastian12.54 miles away14355 Us Hwy 1 Sebastian Florida 32958Dialysis Stations: 13 (772) 388-5588
  • Sebastian Dialysis Care Center14.28 miles away1807 Us highway1 Sebastian Florida 32958Dialysis Stations: 17 (772) 581-1041