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St. Pauls Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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235 Nutmeg Street,
San Diego CA 92103

(619) 239-8687

76.1% estimated occupancy 1

St. Pauls Health Care Center is located in San Diego, California. The city provides several options. This facility received an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average score. This is one of the top 10 facilities in San Diego. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home didn't have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this facility performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. We assessed the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in computing our rating in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

In addition, this nursing home also was awarded favorable long-term care grades this year. Indeed, we gave them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a grade of B. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The final area we looked at was short-term care. We gave this facility an acceptable grade in this category, with a B-. While this is not as high as many of this nursing home's other grades, it is still nothing to be ashamed of. Short-term care grades are typically employed to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 3.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

St. Pauls Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 8.51% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 2.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents that experienced a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 21.82% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 18% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 0% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 98.48% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 13.68% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 22.81% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 22.81% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 20.74% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In St. Pauls Health Care Center, 91.28% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for San Diego, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • 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-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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