Tarpon Bayou Center is located in Tarpon Springs, Florida, a city with a total of 33,406 people. This nursing home received an excellent grade of A- overall. This is higher than the city grade of B+ in Tarpon Springs, which is also well above average. Based on our ratings, this facility is simply as good as it gets. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.
Tarpon Bayou Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this facility also earned an A+ inspection score. This grade is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can offer a facility. Inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also want to emphasize the fact that this facility was awarded a strong grade of A- in our long-term care category. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.33333 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our stronger scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care grade is typically used to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we analyzed is this nursing home's weakest area. However, even in its worst category we still gave it a decent grade of B- in nursing. The nursing grade includes many subcategories. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. 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. Lastly, nursing scores also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Tarpon Bayou Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a fall resulting in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. More frequent bathing reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 2.33% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 94.94% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels. Some argue that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Tarpon Bayou Center, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Adventhealth North PinellasAcute Care Hospitals 1.38 miles away1395 S Pinellas Ave Tarpon Springs Florida 34689Voluntary non-profit - Other(727) 942-5000
- Medical Center of TrinityAcute Care Hospitals 7.62 miles away9330 Sr 54, Ste 401 New Port Richey Florida 34655Proprietary(727) 834-4900
- Mease Countryside HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.35 miles away3231 Mcmullen Booth Rd Safety Harbor Florida 34695Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 734-6950
- Mease Dunedin HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.56 miles away601 Main St Dunedin Florida 34698Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 733-1111
- Morton Plant HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.99 miles away300 Pinellas St Clearwater Florida 33756Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 462-7000
- Regional Medical Center Bayonet PointAcute Care Hospitals 15.25 miles away14000 Fivay Rd Hudson Florida 34667Proprietary(727) 819-2929
- Largo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.49 miles away201 14th St Sw Largo Florida 33770Proprietary(727) 588-5200
- Adventhealth CarrollwoodAcute Care Hospitals 18.44 miles away7171 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa Florida 33614Voluntary non-profit - Church(813) 932-2222
Nearby Dialysis
- Tarpon Springs Dialysis, LLC1.74 miles away41747 Us Highway 19 North Tarpon Springs Florida 34689Dialysis Stations: 21 (727) 934-8774
- Rai-Us 19 North-Clearwater7.12 miles away29296 Us Hwy 19 N #1 Clearwater Florida 33761CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (727) 785-9036
- Physicians Dialysis Trinity7.63 miles away9332 State Road 54 Suite 306 New Port Richey Florida 34655Dialysis Stations: 13 (727) 848-0106
- Davita Trinity Dialysis7.86 miles away2870 Bund Ave New Port Richey Florida 34655Dialysis Stations: 20 (727) 372-7742
- Fresenius Kidney Care-Dunedin9.01 miles away1121 Overcash Drive Suite A Dunedin Florida 34698Dialysis Stations: 24 (727) 733-1112
- Gulf Breeze Dialysis Center9.09 miles away1519 Main Street Dunedin Florida 34698Dialysis Stations: 25 (727) 738-4425
- Bma - Clearwater9.69 miles away26338 Us Hwy 19 N Clearwater Florida 33761CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (727) 723-8123
- New Port Richey Kidney Center10.17 miles away7421 Ridge Road Port Richey Florida 34668CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (727) 846-8401