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Avalon Care Center - Sonora

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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19929 Greenley Road,
Sonora CA 95370

(209) 533-2500

68.09% estimated occupancy ¹

Avalon Care Center - Sonora is in Sonora, California. The city has a population of 26,803 people. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a subpar nursing home. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Sonora. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Short-term Care Quality

Although this facility's overall grade was not great, it earned a very good score in the area of short-term care. We gave it a B+ for that area, which is a solid score. This was a rare highlight in an otherwise lacking profile. Short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing score is largely associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This figure is far below average. Finally, nursing scores also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.

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Long-term Care Quality

Moving on to the area of long-term care, this nursing home received just a D in this area. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.19355 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Facility Inspections

In the final category of inspections, this nursing home had an abysmal showing. It received an F in our inspection rating. For nursing homes with poor inspection ratings, you should scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they posed a risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility also received 46 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Avalon Care Center - Sonora Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 14.96% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 5.91% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents which suffered falls leading to major injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 1.73% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 26.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 25.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 1.78% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Many believe that this is a measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 98.39% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 20.86% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 24.01% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 24.01% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 24.65% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Avalon Care Center - Sonora, 78.07% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.