Atterdag Care Center is a facility located in Solvang, California, which has 7,646 people. This facility appears to be among the higher-rated facilities we looked at. A score of this caliber requires very strong marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
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Atterdag Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also earned excellent government inspections recently. We gave it one of our highest grades in that category, with a grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this facility was given an elite score of A in our long-term care area. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 60 percent of its patients. This is a bit lower than we expected. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most facilities in this category. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we rated is nursing. In this category, we gave this nursing home an above average grade of B. Nursing ratings are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Atterdag Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Atterdag Care Center, 6.6% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Atterdag Care Center, 0.67% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who had a fall which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Atterdag Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Atterdag Care Center, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Atterdag Care Center, 6.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Atterdag Care Center, 2.1% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Atterdag Care Center, 78.8% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Atterdag Care Center, 10.34% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Atterdag Care Center, 17.44% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many believe that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Atterdag Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Atterdag Care Center, 17.44% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Atterdag Care Center, 14.58% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Atterdag Care Center, 87.71% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Santa Ynez Valley Cottage HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.78 miles away2050 Viborg Rd Solvang California 93463Voluntary non-profit - Private(805) 688-6431
- Lompoc Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.29 miles away1515 E Ocean Avenue Lompoc California 93436Government - Hospital District or Authority(805) 737-3300
Nearby Dialysis
- Lompoc Artificial Kidney Center, LLC18.48 miles away127 W. Pine Avenue Lompoc California 93436CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (805) 740-2000