North Lake Care Center
750 Bayberry Drive, West Palm Beach FL 33403 · (561) 881-8144 · 82.7% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
North Lake Care Center is an average-sized nursing home in West Palm Beach, Florida. This is a strong nursing home with a grade of B+ overall. We were pleased to learn that many of the other nursing homes in West Palm Beach received similar grades. Even in a city of 14 nursing homes, this facility is a great option. As you can find below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category scores. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 85 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+. Nursing ratings are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This place offers an extremely impressive 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is among the highest figures in the nation. Lastly, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls which lead to major injury, this facility performed better than the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our better scores in our long-term care category as well, with a B. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to providing elite levels of nurse staffing, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This percentage is also significantly better than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we scored is short-term care. We gave this nursing home one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a B. This nursing home ended up being relatively strong in each area we assessed. Our short-term care grades are crucial for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 29.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
North Lake Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better