Barton Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Service
2170 South Avenue, South Lake Tahoe CA 96150 · (530) 543-5885 · 92.08% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in South Lake Tahoe, California, Barton Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Service is the only facility we identified there. It looks like this nursing home is among the most elite facilities we assessed. Receiving an A+ in our grading system requires top-notch performance across the board. In addition, this is a hospital-based nursing home, which is a positive for prospective residents with significant health conditions. Headlining this place's stellar report card is its short-term care score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 48 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
On top of faring well in its overall grade, this nursing home received high marks for short-term care as well. As a result, it received our highest score in that category with an A+. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered substantially more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. It performed as well as just about any facility in California in this area with 68.6 percent of its residents returning home. At most facilities, less than half of their short-stay patients are able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This facility has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. When computing our nursing ratings, we analyze both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering high levels of nursing care, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls resulting in serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility the state.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our final area, this facility also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. This finalized truly elite profile. Facilities that excel in this category tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After considering the very impressive nursing hours provided by this facility, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.2 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a substantially better hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Barton Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Service Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients that have sustained a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better