Avalon Health Care-Madera is a small nursing home in Madera, California. This is a fine nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a respectable rating. At the end of the day, this facility looks like a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this nursing home's profile was is its long-term care rating. We discuss long-term care in the next section.
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Avalon Health Care-Madera
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- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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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 Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- 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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Long-term Care Quality
On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really fared well in our long-term care category, where it received an impressive grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this area. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia can be a life threatening illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility California in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving a patient more frequently.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a good score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we scored was short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Short-term care grades are critical for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Avalon Health Care-Madera Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 3.31% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 3.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who have sustained a fall resulting in serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 2.34% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 1.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 10.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could be a sign lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 4.05% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 10.97% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 10.97% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 11.09% of Patients
This datapoint 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 measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 79.12% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Valley Children's HospitalChildrens 16.08 miles away9300 Valley Childrens Place Madera California 93636Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 353-5116
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FresnoAcute Care Hospitals 18.05 miles away7300 North Fresno St Fresno California 93720Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 448-4500
- Saint Agnes Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.1 miles away1303 E Herndon Ave Fresno California 93710Voluntary non-profit - Church(559) 450-3000
Nearby Dialysis
- North Madera Dialysis0.95 miles away720 N. I St. Madera California 93637Dialysis Stations: 22 (559) 664-8780
- Almond-Wood Dialysis1.54 miles away501 E Almond Avenue Madera California 93637CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (559) 664-9252
- Madera Kidney Center2.07 miles away1560 Country Club Rd Madera California 93638CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (559) 673-5259
- Fresno Dialysis Center15.04 miles away4753 West Shaw Avenue, Suite 101 Fresno California 93722CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 276-4231
- Kerman Dialysis Center, LLC15.17 miles away14945 West Whitebridge Avenue Kerman California 93630CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (559) 846-0023
- Palm Bluffs Dialysis Center16.79 miles away770 West Pinedale Ave Fresno California 93711CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (559) 438-8512
- Davita Herndon Dialysis Center18.47 miles away560 E Herndon Ave, Ste 101 Fresno California 93720CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 48 (559) 432-5278