The Terrace at Hobe Sound is an average-sized nursing home located in Hobe Sound, Florida. We awarded this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. In our view, this nursing home ought to be a no brainer for most people. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
The Terrace at Hobe Sound
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Please note our records indicate that The Terrace at Hobe Sound has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a top notch facility overall, this place also excelled in inspections, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a top-shelf short-term care score. In fact, this turned out to be its second most impressive category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a score of A-. In determining our short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Nursing ratings are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Florida in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning patients at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category we looked at, this facility was awarded a very favorable grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home rounded out a very impressive report card. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.37888 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a dangerous ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Terrace at Hobe Sound Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who experienced falls which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients who sustained UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 2.33% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 94.94% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Terrace at Hobe Sound, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Cleveland Clinic Martin North HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.33 miles away200 Se Hospital Ave Stuart Florida 34995Voluntary non-profit - Private(772) 287-5200
- Jupiter Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.75 miles away1210 S Old Dixie Hwy Jupiter Florida 33458Voluntary non-profit - Private(561) 747-2234
- Port St Lucie HospitalPsychiatric 15.97 miles away2550 Se Walton Rd Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952Proprietary(772) 335-0400
- St Lucie Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.07 miles away1800 Se Tiffany Ave Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952Proprietary(772) 335-4000
- Palm Beach Gardens Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.99 miles away3360 Burns Rd Palm Beach Gardens Florida 33410Proprietary(561) 622-1411
Nearby Dialysis
- Treasure Coast Kidney Center North8.35 miles away2348 Se Ocean Blvd Stuart Florida 34996CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (772) 286-2470
- Jupiter Dialysis10.68 miles away630 Maplewood Dr Ste 200 Jupiter Florida 33458Dialysis Stations: 16 (561) 748-1750
- Jupiter Kidney Center LLC10.99 miles away1701 Military Trail #140 Jupiter Florida 33458CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (561) 744-4661
- Coastal Dialysis Center11.01 miles away641 University Blvd #209 Jupiter Florida 33458Dialysis Stations: 7 (561) 557-1704
- Fmc - Tradition15.21 miles away1748 Sw St Lucie West Blvd Port Saint Lucie Florida 34986CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (772) 336-3793
- Goldtree Kidney Center LLC16.12 miles away1407 Southeast Goldtree Drive Ste A Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (772) 335-8677
- North Palm Beach Dialysis Center17.21 miles away2841 Pga Blvd Palm Beach Gardens Florida 33410CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (561) 630-5081
- Bma - Port Saint Lucie17.93 miles away709 Sw Port Saint Lucie Blvd Port Saint Lucie Florida 34953CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (772) 344-4998