Tarpon Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
5157 Park Club Drive, Sarasota FL 34235 · (941) 377-0022 · 96.58% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Tarpon Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in Sarasota, Florida, a city with a total of 232,625 people. Featuring an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most prospective patients. Remarkably, the nursing homes in Sarasota received high grades across the board, making this one of the best places in Florida to find a nursing home. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its nursing rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A. Few facilities performed better in this category. There are quite a few factors within this category. Many of these datapoints are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home offers high levels of nursing care, averaging 4 hours per resident per day. This is more nursing care than most nursing homes provide. Finally, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed as well as any nursing home the state when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our next category, this nursing home also received a score of B for its long-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 96.30542 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.11 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we graded was short-term care, in which we awarded it a favorable grade of B. This nursing home truly doesn't have any weak categories. Our short-term care grades are important for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing. This includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 42.4 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Tarpon Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols 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 is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better