Arroyo Grande Care Center is an average-sized facility located in Arroyo Grande, California. With an A- overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top quarter of all facilities in the nation. Based on the data we reviewed, you can not go wrong here. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong report card is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
Arroyo Grande Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with a great overall grade, we awarded this facility a grade of A for inspections. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also performed well in the area of short-term care, where it received a score of A. Not many nursing homes fared better in this category. Our short-term care grades are critical for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We were not able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a favorable long-term care grade. Indeed, we gave it an above average grade of B+ in this area. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
The final area we rated was nursing. In that area, we gave this facility a favorable grade of B. In determining our nursing scores, we factor in both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a patient even once per day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Arroyo Grande Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 1.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 10.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents that are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 13.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 5.83% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could reveal worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 95.65% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 8.26% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 10.41% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 1.78 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 10.41 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 11.34 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Arroyo Grande Care Center, 79.12% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- French Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.02 miles away1911 Johnson Ave San Luis Obispo California 93401Voluntary non-profit - Private(805) 543-5353
- Sierra Vista Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.09 miles away1010 Murray St San Luis Obispo California 93405Proprietary(850) 546-7600
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita-Pismo Beach Dialysis3.18 miles away320 James Way, Suite 110 Pismo Beach California 93449CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (805) 556-0577
- Davita-San Luis Obispo Dialysis12.29 miles away1043 Marsh Street San Luis Obispo California 93401Dialysis Stations: 20 (805) 543-1013
- Davita-Casa St Home Training13.25 miles away35 Casa Street, Suite 110 San Luis Obispo California 93405Dialysis Stations: 5 (805) 785-0321
- Davita Central Coast Kidney Center16.28 miles away2263 S. Depot Street Santa Maria California 93455CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (805) 349-8600