Bel Tooren Villa Convalescent
16910 Woodruff Ave., Bellflower CA 90706 · (562) 867-1761 · 88.48% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Bellflower, California, Bel Tooren Villa Convalescent is one of four available nursing homes in the city. This nursing home received a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor score. Bellflower received a city grade of B-, so there are other options in the city worth considering. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. This score is more respectable than this place's overall grade. We believe that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. There are numerous datapoints within this area. Most of these datapoints reflect levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. This facility performed admirably in this subcategory. Avoiding major falls is usually a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home offers enough nurses to assist its residents.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a solid score in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of B-. Our long-term care ratings are more critical for individuals requiring more traditional services related to personal care. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. The last datapoint we looked at is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 3.97 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this figure is somewhat concerning, this number can be skewed for some facilities based on the medical complexity of patients.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our next category, this nursing home received an acceptable short-term care score of C. Our short-term care scores are vital for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The last metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who returned home from the facility. We found that just 44.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bel Tooren Villa Convalescent Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which have sustained UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms 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 flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better