The Lakeland Center

Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B- for our nursing rating. There are several criteria within this grade. Many of these subcategories are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is well below average. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place.

Surprisingly, we gave this nursing home a grade of B- for its short-term care rating, which really isn't too bad of a score. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.

Unfortunately, this nursing home received an F for its inspection grade. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection score. We would scrutinize the level of severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

The final category we assessed was long-term care, in which this facility received an abysmal grade in this category as well. Sadly, it received an F for this category, which is obviously a major concern. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes provide. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were a bit alarmed this facility administered the vaccine to a relatively low 81.55738 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.