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Avalon Health Care-Madera

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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Avalon Health Care-Madera's website

1700 Howard Road,
Madera CA 93637

(559) 673-9278

75.31% estimated occupancy 1

Avalon Health Care-Madera is a small nursing home in Madera, California. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the better facilities we assessed. A grade of this caliber requires very strong marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the country. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile is its nursing rating. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section

Quick Details

  • 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

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Madera, California badge

Best Nursing Home in Madera, California Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in nursing, where it earned an A. There are a number of datapoints included in this grade. Many of the criteria reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This nursing home has earned near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection scores are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was given a first-rate grade of A- in our long-term care category. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last category we graded was short-term care. In this category, we gave this nursing home a strong grade of B. In the area of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Avalon Health Care-Madera Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

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

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 1.24% 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

Grade: A-plus

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 10.1% 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

Grade: A

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 13.85% 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

Grade: A+

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 4.64% 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

Grade: A

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 95.44% 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

Grade: A-plus

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 7.92% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 12.45% Percentage 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

Grade: A-plus

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 1.61 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

Grade: A-plus

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 12.45 Percentage 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

Grade: A-plus

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 9.83 Percentage 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

Grade: A

In Avalon Health Care-Madera, 79.79% Percentage 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