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Barton Skilled Nursing Facility

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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2170 South Avenue,
South Lake Tahoe CA 96150

(530) 543-5885

92.08% estimated occupancy 1

Barton Skilled Nursing Facility is in South Lake Tahoe, California. This city has 29,800 people. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the top nursing homes we found. A grade of this caliber requires top-notch marks across the board. We could not find many negative things to say about this place. Its grades are as good as they get. If you look further down this page, you can see this nursing home's category grades, which are just as impressive as its overall grade.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Transportation

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in California Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in California Awards 2020

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Best Nursing Home in California Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of faring well overall, this facility also received nearly flawless government inspections. Consequently, it received one of our highest grades in that area with a grade of A+. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Among its many elite grades, this facility received an excellent short-term care score. In fact, it received a grade of A in this area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This area is typically a meaningful measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Building on its remarkable profile, this nursing home also received a superb long-term care score, with a score of A. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.37888 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly illness for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave this to chance. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the last category we looked at, this nursing home was awarded a very strong grade of A- in our nursing category. With this grade, the nursing home wrapped up a straight A profile. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses worked with residents, in calculating our grade in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as good measures of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Barton Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 13.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 2.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 0.62% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 8.39% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 6.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 4.55% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 99.69% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 14.47% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 19.88% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Barton Skilled Nursing Facility, 19.88% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Barton Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away2170 South Avenue South Lake Tahoe California 96150Voluntary non-profit - Private(530) 541-3420

Nearby Dialysis

  • Gardnerville Dialysis (Dci)13.66 miles away1281 Kimmerling Rd Ste a1 Gardnerville Nevada 89460Dialysis Stations: 12 (775) 265-4706
  • Liberty Dialysis - Carson City18.98 miles away4500 S Carson St Carson City Nevada 89701Dialysis Stations: 20 (775) 461-7250