Whispering Oaks

Services and Housing Options

Nursing Home, Respite, Skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation

Estimated Pricing

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Whispering Oaks Description

Love your loved ones with all your heart, and care for them in the best way you know how. We create personalized healthcare plans that are tailored just for you. What's best for you is what really matters in the end. You will be enveloped in a warm and caring environment the moment you walk through our doors. The skilled nursing and rehabilitation center known as Whispering Oaks provides coordinated, comprehensive services to meet the care needs of each individual resident and patient. The interdisciplinary team members will work together with residents, patients, families, and staff to create a personalized plan of care for each resident and patient.

Respite Care

Do you have a loved one who requires daily assistance, making it difficult for you to travel for more than a day? Do you need a break from your caregiving duties? A vacation might be just what you're looking for. Do you have someone in mind who could help take care of your loved one if you had a family emergency?

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation services are an important part of the plan of care for stabilized patients who would benefit from a combination of physical, occupational or speech therapies. Our innovative rehabilitation program is designed to meet the unique needs of each patient as they progress through their recovery journey. The goal of our rehabilitation program is to help the patient become more independent.

Skilled Nursing

The skilled nursing programs at our facility are beneficial for patients who have recently undergone surgery, as well as those whose capacity is limited due to a prolonged acute illness or the effects of a chronic disease.

Ranking

Ranking in City: 59 out of 60 communities in Tampa

Ranking in State: 1624 out of 1692 communities in FL

Services

Whispering Oaks is an excellent healthcare facility offering a variety of post-acute services. The skilled nursing services provide the highest quality care to patients in need. The rehabilitation programs provide specialized treatment and therapy to aid in recovery. Restorative programs are available to help those who need additional help getting back to daily activities. Respite care is available for families who need a break from caring for their loved ones. Palliative care is also offered to assist those facing terminal illnesses with comfort and dignity.

Respite Care Services and Amenities

Whispering Oaks provides top-notch respite care services and amenities. They offer medication management, 24-hour nursing care, state-of-the-art medical equipment, in-house physician services, three nutritious meals a day and snacks by a registered dietitian, full range of recreational programs such as bingo music and much more, Alzheimer’s and dementia care, in-house beauty and barber services, housekeeping and laundry services. Residents at Whispering Oaks are sure to enjoy the highest quality of life while receiving the best in respite care.

Rehabilitation Services and Amenities

Whispering Oaks is a rehabilitation facility that offers physical, occupational and speech therapy services to help patients improve their mobility, reduce pain and maintain independent functioning. Speech therapy also helps with communication skills. All of these services are provided in a comfortable setting by experienced professionals who prioritize quality care.

Skilled Nursing Services and Amenities

Whispering Oaks provides skilled nursing services and amenities, including respiratory services for those patients with respiratory conditions who may require airway management, oxygen administration, and pulmonary hygiene. It also offers wound care services for those patients who have wounds resulting from surgery, trauma, or disease. These services include local surgical and wound dressings, as well as the use of advanced wound care products.

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Information from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

This nursing community has been given an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars by The Center for Medicare and Medicaid receiving 3 stars on its health inspection, 5 stars on its quality measures rating, and 5 stars on its staffing rating. Within the quality measure rating, each facility is given a short-stay rating and a long-stay rating. This facility received a 4-star short-stay rating and a 5-star long-stay rating. This nursing home is certified by Medicare and Medicaid and was first approved to provide Medicare and Medicaid services on 06/01/80 and is run by a non profit organization. It is a very large-sized nursing community with 236 nursing beds. Currently, there are 221 residents within the nursing community. Be advised these resident occupancy numbers are not always up to date and are collected from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services website periodically.

Alerts from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

This facility has been given 1 fine by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for a total of $7,166.25. The facility has had 1 substantiated complaints reported in the last 3 years that resulted in a citation.

Overall Ratings

The Whispering Oaks is a nursing home that has a 5-star overall rating, the highest possible. The nursing home is in the top 10% of facilities in terms of overall rating and slightly higher than the state average. The nursing home is in the top half of facilities in terms of health inspection rating and slightly higher than the state average. This nursing home has a 5-star quality rating, the highest possible. The nursing home is in the top 20% of facilities in terms of quality rating and slightly higher than the state average.

Staff Ratings

The Whispering Oaks nursing home has a 5-star staff rating, the highest possible. With regards to nursing aid staffing hours per resident per day, The Whispering Oaks is in the top 30% of facilities; however, this figure is slightly lower than the state average. The nursing home falls in the bottom 10% of facilities when it comes to LPN staffing hours per resident per day; again, this number is lower than the state average. On the other hand, The Whispering Oaks is in the top 20% of facilities when it comes to RN staffing hours per resident per day. This figure is higher than the state average. When looking at licensed staffing hours per resident per day, The Whispering Oaks is in the bottom 30% of facilities and slightly lower than the state average; however, they are in the top half of facilities when physical therapist staffing hours per resident per day is taken into account.

Covid Data

The Whispering Oaks nursing home is in the bottom half of facilities in terms of resident vaccination rate. However, their resident vaccination rate of 89.2% is still higher than the state average of 81.7%. They are also in the bottom half of facilities when it comes to staff vaccination rates, but their 87.6% staff vaccination rate is higher than the state average of 82.4%. Lastly, they rank within the bottom 30% of facilities for covid booster rates; however, their 80.6% covid booster rate is still higher than the state average 72.9%.

Quality Measures

The Whispering Oaks is a nursing home that has a 5-star quality rating, the highest possible. The nursing home is in the bottom 30% of facilities in terms of residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication, but the residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication is slightly higher than the state average. The nursing home is in the top 30% of facilities in terms of residents whose ability to move independently worsened, but the residents whose ability to move independently worsened is lower than the state average. The nursing home is in the top 20% of facilities in terms of residents who have depressive symptoms, but the residents who have depressive symptoms is slightly lower than the state average. The nursing home is in the top half of facilities in terms of residents given Flu vaccine, and the residents given Flu vaccine is slightly higher than the state average. The nursing home is in the top 40% of facilities in terms of residents who received an antipsychotic medication, but the residents who received an antipsychotic medication is slightly lower than the state average.

Emergency and Hospitalization Quality Measures

The Whispering Oaks is a nursing home that is in the bottom half of facilities in terms of hospitalizations per 1000 days. However, their hospitalizations per 1000 days is slightly lower than the state average. They are in the top 20% of facilities in terms of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 days and their outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 days is slightly lower than the state average. They are also in the top 20% of facilities in terms of short-stay residents who had outpatient emergency department visits and way lower than the state average for short stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission.

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