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Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
Oct 18: B+Nov 18: A-Dec 18: A-Jan 19: AFeb 19: AMar 19: AApr 19: AMay 19: A+Jun 19: A+Jul 19: AAug 19: A-Sep 19: A-Jan 20: AMar 20: AApr 20: A-May 20: DJun 20: DJul 20: DAug 20: DSep 20: DOct 20: DJan 21: DFeb 21: B-Mar 21: BApr 21: B-May 21: B-Jun 21: B-Jul 21: CAug 21: CSep 21: COct 21: BNov 21: BJan 22: BFeb 22: BMar 22: BApr 22: BMay 22: BJun 22: BAug 22: BSep 22: B
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Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center's website

3520 Fourth Avenue,
San Diego CA 92103

(619) 291-5270

84.12% estimated occupancy 1

Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a large facility located in San Diego, California. This is a good facility with a B overall. This was right in line with the city grade in San Diego. Based on our assessment, this facility looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Individual

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

In addition to performing well overall, this nursing home earned a very good inspection report this year as well. For this reason, it received one of our better scores in this category with a B+. Inspection ratings are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also received a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. Short-term care grades are generally employed to score a facility's rehabilitation services. To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. There are numerous datapoints included in this grade. Many of these factors relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The last category we assessed is long-term care. We awarded it a B- in that category. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this area. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-plus

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric can also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-plus

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 4.64% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 95.44% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 7.92% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 12.45% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 9.83 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 79.79% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for San Diego, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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Nearby Dialysis

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=056105