West Bay of Tampa

While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a C for that category, which is one of our better scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in categories G through L. This tells you that it dodged the more serious classes of deficiencies. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

This facility excelled in our nursing category, where it received a grade of C. Few places performed better in this category. Our nursing rating is largely tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is not an impressive total. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

As it turns out, this nursing home only earned a grade of D for its long-term care grade, which is not one of our better scores. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 93.485344 percent of its residents, which is slightly below what we expected. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.

Switching gears to our final category, this facility really didn't fare very well in this area either. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in short-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. Our short-term care ratings are presumably more meaningful for patients in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. With a score in this range in this category, we were not surprised to find this facility was well below average in two of the key staffing areas we assess. The facility supplied substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4 percent of its patients returning home.