Alhambra Hospital Med Center Dp/Snf

On top of performing well overall, this facility earned nearly flawless government inspections. Consequently, it received one of our best scores in that category with a grade of A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its fine profile, this nursing home also was awarded a strong long-term care grade, with a score of A-. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a great way to minimize negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses spent with residents, in determining our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The next area we rated is short-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a B. Believe it or not, this was this nursing home's least impressive category. A facility is doing something right when it's worst score still is better than most other facilities. In our short-term care assessment, we try to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.