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The Waterford

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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601 Universe Blvd,
North Palm Beach FL 33408

(561) 627-3800

87% estimated occupancy 1

The Waterford is a small nursing home located in North Palm Beach, Florida. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility. It was given one of the highest scores that we offer. A score in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. Based on our ratings, this facility is just about as as good as it gets. As you can see below, this facility also performed just fine in our category scores. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Individual
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Florida Awards 2019

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ in short-term care. This is as good as it gets in this area. In crafting these short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home also received an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. This grade is based on the facility's government inspections. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Turning the page to our third area, this nursing home received a top-shelf long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

The final area we assessed is nursing. We awarded this nursing home one of our better scores in that area, with a B. Although this isn't on par with some of this nursing home's other scores, it is nevertheless an excellent grade. Our nursing rating is mostly tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This facility was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

The Waterford Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In The Waterford, 10.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In The Waterford, 6.5% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In The Waterford, 1.77% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In The Waterford, 7.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In The Waterford, 8.97% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In The Waterford, 5.69% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In The Waterford, 99.26% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In The Waterford, 5.33% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In The Waterford, 7.02% of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

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

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In The Waterford, 7.02% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In The Waterford, 17.51% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In The Waterford, 85.49% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Palm Beach Gardens Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.58 miles away3360 Burns Rd Palm Beach Gardens Florida 33410Proprietary(561) 622-1411
  • Jupiter Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.91 miles away1210 S Old Dixie Hwy Jupiter Florida 33458Voluntary non-profit - Private(561) 747-2234
  • St Mary's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.21 miles away901 45th St West Palm Beach Florida 33407Proprietary(561) 840-6202
  • The Jerome Golden Center for Behavioral Health, InPsychiatric 7.23 miles away1041 45th St West Palm Beach Florida 33407Voluntary non-profit - Private(561) 844-9741
  • Good Samaritan Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.11 miles away1309 N Flagler Dr West Palm Beach Florida 33401Proprietary(561) 655-5511
  • Wellington Regional Medical Center LLCAcute Care Hospitals 17.22 miles away10101 Forest Hill Blvd Wellington Florida 33414Proprietary(561) 798-8500
  • Palms West HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.4 miles away13001 Southern Blvd Loxahatchee Florida 33470Proprietary(561) 753-4245
  • Jfk Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18 miles away5301 S Congress Ave Lake Worth Florida 33462Proprietary(561) 965-7300

Nearby Dialysis

  • North Palm Beach Dialysis Center2.95 miles away2841 Pga Blvd Palm Beach Gardens Florida 33410CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (561) 630-5081
  • Coastal Dialysis Center5.61 miles away641 University Blvd #209 Jupiter Florida 33458Dialysis Stations: 7 (561) 557-1704
  • Jupiter Kidney Center LLC5.72 miles away1701 Military Trail #140 Jupiter Florida 33458CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (561) 744-4661
  • Jupiter Dialysis6.52 miles away630 Maplewood Dr Ste 200 Jupiter Florida 33458Dialysis Stations: 16 (561) 748-1750
  • Saint Marys Hospital Dialysis Unit7.02 miles away901 45th St West Palm Beach Florida 33407Dialysis Stations: 24 (561) 882-6470
  • Atlantic Kidney Centers LLC7.07 miles away4700 Congress Ave Ste 106 West Palm Beach Florida 33407CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (561) 845-2888
  • Continental Dialysis Care7.28 miles away2000 Continental Dr Ste A West Palm Beach Florida 33407CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (561) 840-4141
  • Sunshine Dialysis Care Centers8.12 miles away2900 Broadway Ave, Ste 3004 West Palm Beach Florida 33404Dialysis Stations: 18 (561) 902-3164