Palm Garden of West Palm Beach
300 Executive Center Drive, West Palm Beach FL 33401 · (561) 471-5566 · 87.32% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Palm Garden of West Palm Beach is in West Palm Beach, Florida, which is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the country. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this looks like a strong nursing home. We were pleased to learn that this was in line with the other facilities in West Palm Beach, which is one of the better cities in Florida to find a nursing home. As you will find below, this facility also performed just fine in our category grades. It is hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 176 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
On top of performing well overall, this nursing home received even higher grades in our short-term care category. In fact, it received one of our best scores in that category with a score of A-. In the category of short-term care, we seek to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place performed as well as just about any nursing home in Florida in this area with 56.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home an A-. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses worked with patients, in calculating our grade in this area. This place provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is among the more impressive figures in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We are really impressed by these figures. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its residents suffering falls resulting in major injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home the state. Preventing serious falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
Adding another impressive category grade, we awarded this facility a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed was long-term care. This facility was given an above average long-term care score this year, with a B. This facility truly does not have any weak grades. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of elite nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination record is as good as it gets as well. Indeed, this nursing home vaccinated 97.609566 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 3.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as strong as some of its other scores in this category, this figure may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the medical complexity of patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Palm Garden of West Palm Beach Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents which have sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better