Avocado Post Acute

Avocado Post Acute is a very-large facility located in El Cajon, California. This facility is a well below average facility. A grade in this range indicates we found some red flags. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in El Cajon. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.

We gave this facility a B- for our long-term care rating, which is definitely better than its overall score. In crafting these long-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. After considering the volume of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinates 99.59893 percent of its residents against pneumonia. The last statistic we looked at is the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 3.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this figure is somewhat concerning, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of residents.

We also wanted to point out this nursing home's decent health inspections in recent years. We gave it somewhat respectable grade of C in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. This place was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to present an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received some government fines in recent years.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. In determining our nursing ratings, we analyze both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. According to CMS records, this facility averaged 4.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Keep in mind that when we compute our nursing ratings, we apply more weight to hours performed by nurses with a higher level of training. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Turning to our final area, this nursing home received a grade of C in short-term care, which we consider to be an acceptable grade. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 40.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.