Palm Garden of Tampa

Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating

3612 E 138th Ave,
Tampa FL 33613

88.16% estimated occupancy ¹

Palm Garden of Tampa is an average-sized nursing home located in Tampa, Florida. This facility was given an overall score of A-. This is actually one of the top ten facilities in Tampa. This is just about as good of a place as you're going to find. If you scroll down, you will see this place's category ratings, which are also quite good.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation

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Facility Inspections

With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite insignificant. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

Short-term Care Quality

We also want to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was given an impressive grade of A- in our short-term care area. In our short-term care rating, we strive to create a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The final item we looked at in this category is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. This place performed as well as just about any facility in Florida in this area with 57.4 percent of its patients returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. In computing our nursing grades, we analyze both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is far more care than what is provided by most facilities. Finally, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. It performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Long-term Care Quality

The final category we scored is this nursing home's weakest category. However, even its weakest link would actually be a highlight for many facilities. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in our long-term care category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to providing elite levels of nursing care and other staffing, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.66555 percent of its residents. This percentage is also significantly better than most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 2.36 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than most nursing homes since it had some more complicated patients.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Palm Garden of Tampa Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 9.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric gauges the percent of long-term care residents that suffered falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 2.43% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 95.03% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 13.16% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 18.15% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 18.15 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 9.19 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Palm Garden of Tampa, 77.65% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Scores for Tampa, FL

Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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