Atlantic Memorial Healthcare Center
2750 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach CA 90806 · (562) 424-8101 · 85.76% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Atlantic Memorial Healthcare Center is in Long Beach, California, which has an abundance of nursing homes. Sporting an overall grade of C, this is a middle of the pack nursing home. This grade is not too far off the city grade for Long Beach, which is a B-. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 104 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
This nursing home earned an inspection grade which is stronger than its overall score. Inspection ratings are based on the facility's recent government inspections. We awarded this facility a very solid grade of B+ in this category. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's more impressive category scores was in the area of short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be most critical for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Remarkably, this place offers its patients at least 50% more physical therapist hours per week than a typical nursing home. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This facility was better than average in this metric with 49.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. We analyzed the levels of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses spent with patients, in determining our score in this category. This nursing home provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is an impressive figure. Lastly, we also factored some quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. Specifically, we looked at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at was long-term care. For this category, we gave this facility a C. In computing our long-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's personal care services. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. The last datapoint we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 3.18 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes based on the medical complexity of patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Atlantic Memorial Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates 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
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better