Stratford Court of Palm Harbor
45 Katherine Blvd, Palm Harbor FL 34684 · (727) 787-1500 · 85.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Stratford Court of Palm Harbor is a small facility located in Palm Harbor, Florida. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-graded nursing homes we looked at. Being awarded an A+ in our grading system requires top-notch performance across the board. We really couldn't find many bad things to say about this place. Its grades are impeccable. One of the major highlights of this facility's exemplary profile is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical area. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
An additional reason we assessed this facility so favorably is that it was given an A+ short-term care score. This is just about as strong as it gets in this category. Our short-term care scores are likely most important for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility supplied more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average facility. This is usually an encouraging sign. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy staffing, we found that it fared as well as just about any facility in the nation in this area with 67 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on our third category, we gave this facility a grade of A for its long-term care score. This is a very impressive score. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to offering very impressive levels of nursing care, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This figure is also significantly better than the vast majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.35 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our fourth area, this nursing home also performed well in the nursing category. In fact, we gave it an A for this area. This finalized a straight A profile. When calculating a facility's nursing grade, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 4.1 hours per resident per day. This is more nursing care than nearly any other place provides. Lastly, this place also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. For example, it performed as well as any nursing home the country when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as reliable measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Stratford Court of Palm Harbor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits 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 figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better