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Elmwood Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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2829 Shattuck Avenue,
Berkeley CA 94705

(510) 665-2800

95.13% estimated occupancy 1

Elmwood Care Center is a nursing home in Berkeley, California, a city with a total of 118,592 people. We gave this nursing home a B overall, which is a solid grade. We were equally impressed that Berkeley received a B+ city grade, making this a great place to find a nursing home. At the end of the day, this nursing home looks like a good fit for quite a few people. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find 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
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite insignificant. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also awarded this facility a score of A- for our short-term care grade. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. Our nursing grade weighs a host of factors. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last area we assessed was long-term care, ended up being this nursing home's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that category. This was one of the couple of dings of a very solid profile. In a long-term care setting, 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 residents. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility administered the vaccine to 97.849464 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable statistic. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. 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

Elmwood Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Elmwood Care Center, 21.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Elmwood Care Center, 2.15% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a fall which resulted in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Elmwood Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who sustained a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Elmwood Care Center, 5.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Elmwood Care Center, 2.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Elmwood Care Center, 0% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Elmwood Care Center, 96.94% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Elmwood Care Center, 4.29% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the deterioration of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Elmwood Care Center, 8.22% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Elmwood Care Center, 8.22% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Elmwood Care Center, 23.35% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Elmwood Care Center, 66.48% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Berkeley, CA

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

Looking for more options? Berkeley, California has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Children's Hospital & Research Center OaklandChildrens 1.39 miles away747 52nd Street Oakland California 94609Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 428-3000
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondAcute Care Hospitals 2.39 miles away275 West Macarthur Boulevard Oakland California 94611Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 752-1000
  • Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.55 miles away350 Hawthorne Avenue Oakland California 94609Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 655-4000
  • Highland HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.52 miles away1411 East 31st Street Oakland California 94602Government - Hospital District or Authority(510) 437-4800
  • Alameda HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.6 miles away2070 Clinton Avenue Alameda California 94501Government - Hospital District or Authority(510) 522-3700
  • Chinese HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.76 miles away845 Jackson St San Francisco California 94133Voluntary non-profit - Private(415) 982-2400
  • Saint Francis Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.33 miles away900 Hyde St San Francisco California 94109Voluntary non-profit - Private(415) 353-6000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Berkeley Dialysis Center0.23 miles away2655 Shattuck Ave Berkeley California 94704CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (510) 486-8706
  • Oakland Dialysis Center1.26 miles away5354 Claremont Avenue Oakland California 94618CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (510) 597-0104
  • Us Renal Care Berkeley1.36 miles away2895 7th Street Berkeley California 94710Dialysis Stations: 24 (510) 843-0627
  • Rai Piedmont1.42 miles away2710 Telegraph Avenue Suite #100 Oakland California 94612CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (510) 286-9948
  • Wellbound of Emeryville2.44 miles away2000 Powell Street Suite 140 Emeryville California 94608Dialysis Stations: 4 (510) 985-9660
  • Satellite Dialysis Oakland2.46 miles away3330 Telegraph Ave Oakland California 94609CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (510) 433-8340
  • Rai Peralta2.81 miles away2757 Telegraph Avenue Oakland California 94612CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (510) 835-0154
  • El Cerrito Dialysis Center5 miles away10690 San Pablo Avenue El Cerrito California 94530CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (510) 528-9590