Anaheim Healthcare Center

To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility received a strong short-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our better scores in that category with a score of B+. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

This facility also performed at a high level in the category of inspections. It received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with a grade of B+. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

The final category we rated was nursing, in which this nursing home was given a B. Believe it or not, this ended up being this facility's weakest category. A facility could be doing a lot worse when it's poorest grade still beats out most facilities. The nursing score is based on many data points, many of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.