Atherton Park Post-Acute is the lone facility we found in Menlo Park, California. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack rating. At the end of the day, this facility looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. The best part of this facility's report card was is its long-term care rating. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.
Atherton Park Post-Acute
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- 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
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for that area. This helped its overall profile. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.47899 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
In addition, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B in our nursing category. This is one of our better grades. There are a host of criteria included in this area. Many of the criteria relate to staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 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 place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third best category was short-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. In determining these short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical facility. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients that were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 5.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
In our final category of inspections, this nursing home received an F here. This grade was very detrimental to this facility's overall grade. With facilities that received this poor of an inspection grade, we recommend scrutinizing the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they posed a risk to patient health or safety. Lastly, this place has been assessed large government fines in the past few years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Atherton Park Post-Acute Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that have suffered falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients who sustained urinary tract infections. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 4.64% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 95.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Atherton Park Post-Acute, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Stanford Health CareAcute Care Hospitals 1.49 miles away300 Pasteur Drive Stanford California 94305Voluntary non-profit - Private(650) 723-5708
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityAcute Care Hospitals 3.31 miles away1100 Veterans Boulevard Redwood City California 94063Voluntary non-profit - Private(650) 299-2000
- Sequoia HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.12 miles away170 Alameda De Las Pulgas Redwood City California 94062Voluntary non-profit - Private(650) 367-5551
- San Mateo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.23 miles away222 W 39th Ave San Mateo California 94403Government - Local(650) 573-2222
- El Camino HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.42 miles away2500 Grant Road Mountain View California 94040Government - Hospital District or Authority(650) 940-7000
- Kaiser Permanente Psychiatric Health Facility-SantPsychiatric 13.1 miles away3840 Homestead Road Santa Clara California 95051Proprietary(408) 851-4850
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FremontAcute Care Hospitals 13.29 miles away39400 Paseo Padre Pkwy Fremont California 94538Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 784-4000
- Washington HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.3 miles away2000 Mowry Ave Fremont California 94538Government - Hospital District or Authority(510) 797-1111
Nearby Dialysis
- Satellite Dialysis Menlo Park2.78 miles away1040 Hamilton Court Menlo Park California 94025CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (650) 384-4800
- Redwood City Dialysis Center3.31 miles away1000 Marshall Street Redwood City California 94063CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (650) 365-0129
- Satellite Dialysis Redwood City4.79 miles away1125 Industrial Rd Suite G San Carlos California 94070CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (650) 366-0789
- Lucile Packard Stanford Pediatric Dialysis4.97 miles away725 Welch Road Pediatric Dialysis Rm 1229 Palo Alto California 94304Dialysis Stations: 6 (650) 498-5544
- Wellbound of Mountain View7.75 miles away247 West El Camino Real Suite 200 Mountain View California 94040Dialysis Stations: 4 (650) 417-6460
- Satellite Dialysis Mountain View7.75 miles away247 West El Camino Real Suite 100 Mountain View California 94040CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (650) 417-6420
- Davita El Camino Dialysis8.46 miles away412 West El Camino Real Mountain View California 94043Dialysis Stations: 24 (650) 962-1903
- Foster City Dialysis Center9.23 miles away1261 East Hillsdale Blvd #2 San Mateo California 94404Dialysis Stations: 16 (650) 638-9301