Arlington Gardens Care Center
3688 Nye Avenue, Riverside CA 92505 · (951) 351-2800 · 95.05% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Arlington Gardens Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Riverside, California. We gave this facility an overall score of B+, which is a very respectable grade. As a matter of fact, this is actually one of the five highest rated nursing homes in the city. Riverside features quite a few nursing homes, however, we doubt you will need to check out too many others. This one is a first class option. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home didn't have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to earning a strong overall score, this nursing home fared well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more than 50% more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in California in this area with 64.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
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. The nursing rating consists of several factors, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is far better than what is offered by most facilities. Lastly, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed as well as any nursing home California in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is long-term care. We gave this nursing home an acceptable grade in that area, with a C. Even though this was not as dominant as many of this facility's other grades, it is still nothing to be ashamed of. Long-term care grades focus on a facility's assistance with daily living instead of the highly skilled therapy and healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. On top of offering quality levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This figure is better than the majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be successful as this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Arlington Gardens Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better