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The Preserve

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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14750 Hope Center Loop,
Fort Myers FL 33912

(239) 574-0078

268.8% estimated occupancy ¹

The Preserve is in Fort Myers, Florida. The city has a total of 224,256 people. Sporting an overall rating of B+, this is a high quality facility. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card was its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation

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Short-term Care Quality

In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received an A+. In the area of short-term care, we strive to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 6.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

In addition, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. We would like to have more information about this nursing home. Without having access to the deficiency data, it is difficult to really assess the place in terms of this category.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. The nursing grade includes many factors, most of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home's least impressive category was long-term care, which is the last category we assessed. We gave it an abysmal F for this area. In spite of some impressive scores in other categories, this grade is nevertheless somewhat of a concern so we would like to to draw your attention to it. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care may not provide the type of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities provide. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. As it turns out, this nursing home gave the vaccine to a relatively low 84.39716 percent of its patients, which is somewhat alarming. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

The Preserve Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In The Preserve, 12.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In The Preserve, 2.84% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a fall leading to serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In The Preserve, 1.45% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In The Preserve, 14.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In The Preserve, 20.18% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In The Preserve, 1.46% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In The Preserve, 90.22% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In The Preserve, 20.35% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In The Preserve, 19.83% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In The Preserve, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In The Preserve, 19.83% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In The Preserve, 7.74% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.