Apple Valley Post-Acute Rehab
1035 Gravenstein Hwy South, Sebastopol CA 95472 · (707) 823-7675 · 84% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Sebastopol, California, Apple Valley Post-Acute Rehab is the sole option we were able to find in the area. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires solid marks in most areas. Based on our analysis, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. Fortunately, this nursing home did not have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 95 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also received first-rate inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better grades in this area, with an A+. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
An additional quality feature for this nursing home is that it was given an above average short-term care grade. Indeed, this ended up being its second best category grade. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+. Short-term care scores are vital for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found it provides at least one and a half times as many hours with physical therapists than most other facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it fared as well as just about any facility in the country in this area with 60.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Nursing grades are largely tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which was above the national average. Finally, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed as well as any nursing home the country in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we rated is long-term care. For that category, we awarded this facility a C. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the criteria we considered after this nursing home's impressive nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 97.61905 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to avoid negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.4 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Apple Valley Post-Acute Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression. High rates of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better