Palm Garden of Clearwater
3480 Mcmullen Booth Rd, Clearwater FL 33761 · (727) 786-6697 · 79.03% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Palm Garden of Clearwater is on a list of 14 facilities in Clearwater, Florida. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this nursing home is one of the higher-graded nursing homes we assessed. We can't find many negative things to say about this nursing home. Its ratings are as good as they get. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 165 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to earning a quality overall grade, this facility also received excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best grades in that area, with an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Our nursing score is largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is higher than what is offered by most places. Finally, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. It performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
Building on its remarkable assessment, this facility also was given a superb short-term care score, with a grade of A-. With our short-term care score, we seek to craft a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. This nursing home provides a decent amount of services from physical therapists and registered nurses based on our assessment. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. It fared as well as just about any facility in Florida in this area with 56.2 percent of its patients returning home. With most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category we looked at, this nursing home was awarded an impressive grade grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this grade, the facility topped off an elite profile. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.677246 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly can be a deadly health condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home does not leave this to chance. This nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. While it had 1.8 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than most nursing homes due to it having some more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Palm Garden of Clearwater Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing 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 residents showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of 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 metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better