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Antelope Valley Care Center

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Antelope Valley Care Center's website

44567 North 15th St. West,
Lancaster CA 93534

(661) 949-5524

67.68% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Antelope Valley Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Antelope Valley Care Center is one of five nursing homes in Lancaster, California. This is a relatively poor nursing home, with an overall grade of D. Although this grade isn't too far off the city grade in Lancaster which is a C, you still should be able to find a better option. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Partnership
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Audiology
Colostomy Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Catheter Care

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Nurse Quality

While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing. We gave it a grade of B- for that category. We weighed the levels of nurses at the facility, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in determining our score in this area. This particular facility provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is far below average. Lastly, while this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this area.

Short-term Care Quality

The second highest area we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. Short-term care grades are generally employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its level of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

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Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home's next best area came in the area of long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. Our long-term care grade is often used to assess a nursing home's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.23077 percent of its residents, which is an above average figure. This nursing home 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.

Facility Inspections

Turning to our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this category more heavily than our other categories. For facilities that received this poor of an inspection rating, we would scrutinize the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This facility was hit with 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they created a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Antelope Valley Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 9.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care patients that are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 0.26% of Patients had UTIs

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which experienced a UTI. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 5.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 16.14% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 0.26% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 99.38% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 6.94% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 8.23% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 8.23% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 7.88% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Antelope Valley Care Center, 70.57% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Lancaster, CA

Overall Rating has a grade of C
Nurse Rating has a grade of B
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
Inspection Rating has a grade of D

Looking for more options? Lancaster, California has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

Antelope Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.24 miles away1600 W Ave J Lancaster California 93534Government - Hospital District or Authority(661) 949-5000
Palmdale Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.45 miles away38600 Medical Center Drive Palmdale California 93552Proprietary(661) 382-5000

Nearby Dialysis

Davita-Antelope Valley Dialysis0.38 miles away1759 W. Avenue J, Suite 102 Lancaster California 93534CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (661) 942-6400
Antelope Valley Kidney Institute0.79 miles away43932 15th Street, Suite 103 Lancaster California 93534CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (661) 945-7755
Fmc-Antelope Valley1.01 miles away44950 Valley Central Way, Suite 108 Lancaster California 93536CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (661) 729-5680
High Desert Hemodialysis7.29 miles away1007 W. Avenue M-14, Suite B Palmdale California 93551Dialysis Stations: 10 (661) 265-7810
Davita Palms Valley Dialysis7.48 miles away38454 5th Street West Palmdale California 93551Dialysis Stations: 34 (661) 267-9910
Davita-Palmdale Regional Dialysis8.51 miles away1643 E. Palmdale Blvd. Palmdale California 93550CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (661) 540-0925
East Palmdale Dialysis Center9.01 miles away2710 E. Palmdale Blvd. Palmdale California 93550Dialysis Stations: 20 (661) 456-1500