Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center is in Gainesville, Florida, a city with 197,025 people. Featuring an overall rating of C, this is likely a solid facility. Gainesville received a city grade of B, so there are other options in the city worth considering. One of the highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive long-term care rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home earned a long-term care rating which is stronger than its overall score. We gave this nursing home a grade of B+ in this category. This really boosted its overall profile. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 95.051544 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B+ in this category, which is one of our better grades. Nursing grades are mostly associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
Next we looked at this nursing home's inspection grade This is based on the nursing home's recent inspections. We awarded it a C in this category. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were category G through L deficiencies. This tells you this facility dodged the more significant classes of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last category, we awarded this facility a D in our short-term care category. This is the nursing home's worst category rating. Our short-term care scores are important for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Based on its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to find that this facility is well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we assessed. The final item we considered in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 3.9 percent of its patients returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.22% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.99% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.12% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents which are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.13% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could indicate worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 97.53% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.31% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.04% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.04% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 8.28% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Park Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center, 83.59% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Gainesville, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Gainesville, Florida has 7 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Uf Health Shands HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.33 miles away1600 Sw Archer Rd Gainesville Florida 32610Voluntary non-profit - Private(352) 265-8000
- North Florida Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.87 miles away6500 Newberry Rd Gainesville Florida 32605Proprietary(352) 333-4100
- Regional General Hospital WillistonAcute Care Hospitals 16.89 miles away125 Sw 7th St Williston Florida 32696Proprietary(352) 528-2801
Nearby Dialysis
- Shands at Univ of Fl Outpatient Dialysis1.3 miles away2409 Sw Archer Rd Gainesville Florida 32608Dialysis Stations: 26 (352) 265-6890
- Shands Hospital - Pediatric Dialysis2.45 miles away1600 Sw Archer Road Gainesville Florida 32610Dialysis Stations: 5 (352) 265-0265
- Gainesville Home Dialysis3.28 miles away4960 W Newberry Rd #280 Gainesville Florida 32607Dialysis Stations: 3 (352) 378-4960
- Gainesville Newberry Dialysis4.02 miles away1177 Nw 64th Terrace Gainesville Florida 32605Dialysis Stations: 18 (352) 332-0679
- Bma - Gainesville East4.84 miles away1961 N. Main St Gainesville Florida 32609Dialysis Stations: 19 (352) 375-0223
- Bma - Gainesville5.05 miles away1775 Nw 80th Blvd Gainesville Florida 32606CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (352) 332-8998
- Dci University of Florida Home Program6.07 miles away3750 Nw 83rd St Gainesville Florida 32606Dialysis Stations: 7 (352) 377-6790
- Dci University of Florida6.14 miles away3850 Nw 83rd Street Ste 101 Gainesville Florida 32606CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (352) 337-6021