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Avocado Post Acute

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Avocado Post Acute's website

510 E. Washington Avenue,
El Cajon CA 92020

(619) 440-1211

93.2% estimated occupancy 1

Avocado Post Acute is a nursing home in El Cajon, California. This city has a population of 165,433 people. This nursing home was given an overall grade of D, which is a lower end score. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 12 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive nursing rating. You can continue reading to find out about nursing and other category grades

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B

While we didn't give this nursing home a good overall score, we did give it a strong grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. The nursing score weighs several components, however, the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next most favorable area we awarded this facility in any category came in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a B-. In calculating our long-term care grades, we scrutinize the personal care received by a facility's residents. Once we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Sadly, this nursing home only earned a D for its short-term care rating, which is not an impressive grade. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is generally a fair assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Considering its score in this category, we were not stunned to discover that this facility was well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we assessed. Honestly, this was about what we expected here. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 3.4 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.

Facility Inspections

Grade: D

Unfortunately, this nursing home did not receive a favorable inspection score. We gave it a just D in this category. Inspection grades relate to a facility's inspections. We weight poor inspection ratings heavily in our assessment. Since government inspection reports are compiled by independent inspectors, we consider this information to be reliable. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility had 5 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they caused a risk to patient health or safety. Lastly, we would like to point out that this facility was assessed large government fines in recent years totaling more than $100,000. This generally suggests that a poor track record spanned more than one year.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Avocado Post Acute Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Avocado Post Acute, 7.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Avocado Post Acute, 2.23% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Avocado Post Acute, 1.42% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Avocado Post Acute, 19.25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Avocado Post Acute, 0.67% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Avocado Post Acute, 99.58% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Avocado Post Acute, 5.81% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Avocado Post Acute, 7.74% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many argue that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Avocado Post Acute, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Avocado Post Acute, 7.74% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Avocado Post Acute, 11.67% of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Avocado Post Acute, 96.48% of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.

Scores for El Cajon, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc-Balboa East County1.5 miles away570 N. Second Street El Cajon California 92021CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (619) 588-7500
  • Fmc-Rai-Fletcher Parkway-El Cajon1.71 miles away858 Fletcher Parkway El Cajon California 92020CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (619) 442-4122
  • Fmc-La Mesa Dialysis Center2.53 miles away5995 Severin Drive La Mesa California 91942CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (619) 462-9992
  • Davita-College Dialysis6.2 miles away6535 University Avenue San Diego California 92115CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (619) 287-8796
  • Fmc-Dialysis Services of College6.45 miles away5961 University Avenue Suite 317 San Diego California 92115CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (619) 286-0821
  • Fmc-Rai-Mission Gorge San Diego7.93 miles away7007 Mission Gorge Road, 1st Floor San Diego California 92120CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (619) 229-1070
  • Fmc-Dialysis Services of Paradise8.48 miles away6919 Paradise Valley Road San Diego California 92139CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (619) 475-2872
  • Fmc-East Lakes9.11 miles away2391 Boswell Road Chula Vista California 91914CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (619) 397-0939