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Briarcrest Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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5648 East Gotham Street,
Bell Gardens CA 90201

(562) 927-2641

90.66% estimated occupancy 1

Briarcrest Nursing Center is one of four facilities located in Bell Gardens, California. Our rating system was not kind to this facility, as we gave it an overall grade of F. Keep in mind that Bell Gardens received a city grade of C, so should look at some other options in the city as well. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

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Nurse Quality

Grade: C

Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of C for our nursing rating. We assessed the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses spent with residents, in calculating our rating in this category. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's second best category was short-term care, but even there it received just a D in that category. This still happens to be a relatively poor score. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Considering its poor rating in this category, we weren't surprised to learn that this place offers substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The last statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.2 percent of its residents returning home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Unfortunately, this facility received very poor government inspection reports in recent years, causing them to receive a lowly F in our inspection category. An F in this category is generally a signal that there were red flags on the facility's inspection reports. You should pay special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection rating. We would scrutinize the severity of those deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed one category G through L deficiency, which are among the more serious deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by the government inspectors had the potential to pose actual harm to residents. Lastly, we also would like to point out that this facility received large government fines recently totaling more than $100,000. This typically signifies that a facility's poor performance spanned multiple years.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Moving on to our last category, this nursing home did not fare well in this category either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as as uninspiring as it gets. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Briarcrest Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 12.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This measures the percent of long-term care residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 1.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 0.25% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 14.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for a variety of conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 4.17% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 25.07% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 99.77% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 3.74% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 4.43% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 4.43% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 11.82% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Briarcrest Nursing Center, 88.05% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Bell Gardens, CA

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

Looking for more options? Bell Gardens, California has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Pih Hospital - DowneyAcute Care Hospitals 2.69 miles away11500 Brookshire Avenue Downey California 90241Voluntary non-profit - Private(526) 904-5000
  • Community Hospital of Huntington ParkAcute Care Hospitals 3.88 miles away2623 E Slauson Ave Huntington Park California 90255Proprietary(323) 583-1931
  • Los Angeles Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.18 miles away4081 E Olympic Blvd Los Angeles California 90023Proprietary(323) 267-0477
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.09 miles away1680 East 120th Street Los Angeles California 90059Voluntary non-profit - Private(424) 835-6808
  • Coast Plaza HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.18 miles away13100 Studerbaker Road Norwalk California 90650Proprietary(310) 356-0550
  • Beverly HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.28 miles away309 W Beverly Blvd Montebello California 90640Voluntary non-profit - Private(323) 726-1222
  • Pih Health Hospital-WhittierAcute Care Hospitals 6.77 miles away12401 Washington Blvd Whittier California 90602Voluntary non-profit - Private(526) 698-0811
  • Lakewood Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.08 miles away3700 E South St Lakewood California 90712Proprietary(562) 602-6751

Nearby Dialysis

  • Satellite Healthcare South Gate0.68 miles away8716 Garfield Avenue, Suite 100 South Gate California 90280CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (562) 674-2600
  • Davita-Premier Dialysis Center1.1 miles away7612 Atlantic Avenue Bell Gardens California 90201CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (323) 562-5511
  • Davita South Gate Dialysis1.55 miles away9848 Atlantic Avenue South Gate California 90280Dialysis Stations: 25 (323) 569-1035
  • Davita-Imperial Care Dialysis Center2.27 miles away4345 E. Imperial Highway Lynwood California 90262CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (310) 900-0333
  • Davita-Iowa Street Dialysis2.52 miles away8333 Iowa Street, Suite 100 Downey California 90241CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (562) 923-5901
  • Davita-Downey Dialysis Center2.89 miles away9041 Imperial Hwy. Downey California 90242CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (562) 622-4436
  • Davita-Kidney Dialysis Care Unit2.91 miles away3600 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Lynwood California 90262CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (310) 886-5156
  • Davita-Downey Landing Dialysis Center3.16 miles away11611 Bellflower Blvd. Downey California 90241CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (562) 862-0001