Palm Garden of Pinellas is one of five facilities in Largo, Florida. This nursing home turns out to be a very respectable facility, with an overall grade of B. You can certainly do much worse than this facility. The best part of this facility's strong report card is its inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph
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Palm Garden of Pinellas
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it earned a very impressive inspection rating. Inspections turned out to be its best category. In that category, we awarded this facility an A. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this nursing home also was awarded favorable long-term care scores this year. Indeed, we gave it one of our stronger scores in that category, with a score of B. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. The nursing rating is based on a handful of subcategories, many of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the fourth category, this facility received a grade of C in short-term care, which is a respectable score. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not appear that this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last measure we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Palm Garden of Pinellas Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 7.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 2.34% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that have had a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 1.33% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 1.08% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 11.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 99.74% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 7.51% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 20.26% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 20.26% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 10.5% of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Palm Garden of Pinellas, 69.37% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Largo, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Largo, Florida has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Largo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.35 miles away201 14th St Sw Largo Florida 33770Proprietary(727) 588-5200
- Morton Plant HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.57 miles away300 Pinellas St Clearwater Florida 33756Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 462-7000
- Northside HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.29 miles away6000 49th St N Saint Petersburg Florida 33709Proprietary(813) 521-5000
- St Petersburg General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.38 miles away6500 38th Ave N Saint Petersburg Florida 33710Proprietary(727) 384-1414
- Mease Dunedin HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.69 miles away601 Main St Dunedin Florida 34698Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 733-1111
- Palms of Pasadena HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.51 miles away1501 Pasadena Ave S Saint Petersburg Florida 33707Proprietary(727) 381-1000
- Mease Countryside HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.74 miles away3231 Mcmullen Booth Rd Safety Harbor Florida 34695Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 734-6950
- St Anthonys HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.6 miles away1200 Seventh Ave N Saint Petersburg Florida 33705Voluntary non-profit - Church(727) 825-1100
Nearby Dialysis
- Bay Breeze Dialysis Clinic Inc0.55 miles away11550 Ulmerton Rd Largo Florida 33778CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (727) 584-4047
- Rai Care Centers - Largo2.22 miles away12505 Starkey Rd Suite B Largo Florida 33773Dialysis Stations: 21 (727) 531-8227
- Rai Care Centers - Clearwater2.73 miles away1057 S Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater Florida 33756CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (727) 441-1608
- Fkc - Belleair Dialysis Center3.19 miles away617 Lakeview Road Suite B Clearwater Florida 33756CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (727) 441-8590
- Fmc - Belleair Home Therapies3.19 miles away617 Lakeview Rd Suite C Clearwater Florida 33756Dialysis Stations: 2 (727) 441-2913
- Renviva Dialysis Center of Clearwater, LLC3.34 miles away401 Corbett Suite 250 Clearwater Florida 33756Dialysis Stations: 2 (727) 281-4490
- Lake Seminole Dialysis4.23 miles away10799 Park Blvd North Seminole Florida 33772Dialysis Stations: 20 (727) 319-0180
- Seminole Dialysis Center4.89 miles away6450 Seminole Blvd Seminole Florida 33772Dialysis Stations: 17 (727) 393-5551