A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care is a large nursing home in San Jose, California. We gave this facility a B- overall, which is a solid grade. This is comparable with the city grade in San Jose, which is a B. Based on our assessment, this facility likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
It should be noted that this nursing home's inspection grade outpaced its overall score. We awarded it a B+ for its inspections grade, which is a very solid score. Our inspection scores are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that category, which is one of our better scores. Nursing ratings are largely associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. 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 facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility received its third best category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this category, which is an acceptable grade. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we assess a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is typically a fair measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our last area, this facility received a respectable long-term care grade of C. Our long-term care grade is generally used to assess a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a rehabilitation facility. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 97.05882 percent of its patients. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 0.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often caused by poor nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 0.83% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 6.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for treating a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 12.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percent of long-term patients which were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 97.76% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 12.5% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that 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 would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 11.53% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 11.53% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care, 67.81% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for San Jose, 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 B-plus
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