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La Paz Geropsychiatric Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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8835 Vans Street,
Paramount CA 90723

(562) 633-5111

82.19% estimated occupancy 1

La Paz Geropsychiatric Center is a large nursing home located in Paramount, California. Sporting an overall rating of B, this facility is a fine choice. We actually rated it as the best facility in Paramount. We were also pleased to find that this facility did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

To pair with its strong overall score, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our nursing grade. We weighed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in computing our score in this area. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Another quality feature for this facility is that it received a favorable short-term care score. Indeed, this proved to be its second best category score. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B+. Our short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

Furthermore, this facility also earned impressive inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The next area we scored was long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in this area. In our long-term care score, we weigh the amount of care offered by a nursing home, along with a series of qualitative metrics. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated 56.07639 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is quite a bit below what we were hoping for. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

La Paz Geropsychiatric Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, 2.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, 2.43% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. More supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, 1.22% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents which sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, 17.86% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, 1.33% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. Higher rates of depression could be a sign lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, 77.21% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, 12.3% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, 15.97% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In La Paz Geropsychiatric Center, 15.97% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lakewood Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.21 miles away3700 E South St Lakewood California 90712Proprietary(562) 602-6751
  • Coast Plaza HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.88 miles away13100 Studerbaker Road Norwalk California 90650Proprietary(310) 356-0550
  • Pih Hospital - DowneyAcute Care Hospitals 3.07 miles away11500 Brookshire Avenue Downey California 90241Voluntary non-profit - Private(526) 904-5000
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.25 miles away1680 East 120th Street Los Angeles California 90059Voluntary non-profit - Private(424) 835-6808
  • College Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.46 miles away2776 Pacific Avenue Long Beach California 90806Proprietary(562) 595-1911
  • Pih Health Hospital-WhittierAcute Care Hospitals 7.47 miles away12401 Washington Blvd Whittier California 90602Voluntary non-profit - Private(526) 698-0811
  • Los Alamitos Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.62 miles away3751 Katella Avenue Los Alamitos California 90720Proprietary(562) 799-3220
  • St Mary Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.07 miles away1050 Linden Ave Long Beach California 90813Voluntary non-profit - Church(562) 491-9000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita-Paramount Dialysis Center0.03 miles away15625 Lakewood Blvd. Paramount California 90723CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (562) 790-2478
  • Davita-Artesia Home Training0.53 miles away16506 Lakewood Blvd, Suite 100 Bellflower California 90706Dialysis Stations: 8 (562) 920-4084
  • Davita-Bellflower Dialysis Center1.55 miles away15736 Woodruff Avenue Bellflower California 90706CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (562) 804-3099
  • Fmc-Bellflower1.6 miles away10116 Rosecrans Avenue Bellflower California 90706CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (562) 920-2070
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Downey1.87 miles awayCapd Department-Basement, 9333 E. Imperial Hwy Downey California 90242Dialysis Stations: 6 (562) 657-9170
  • Davita-Nephron Dialysis2.19 miles away5820 Downey Avenue Long Beach California 90805CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (562) 663-0788
  • Davita-Downey Landing Dialysis Center2.89 miles away11611 Bellflower Blvd. Downey California 90241CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (562) 862-0001
  • Davita-Lakewood Dialysis Center3.06 miles away4611 Silva Street Lakewood California 90712CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (562) 633-7441