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Bell Convalescent Hospital

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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4900 E. Florence Ave,
Bell Gardens CA 90201

(323) 560-2045

86.36% estimated occupancy 1

Bell Convalescent Hospital is an average-sized nursing home in Bell Gardens, California. Featuring an overall rating of D, this is a lower end nursing home. As far as we can see, we'd struggle to recommend this nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Physical Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Although this facility's overall grade was not favorable, it earned a very good grade in the area of long-term care. We gave it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This score is a more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Our nursing grade includes several factors. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This place provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This statistic is significantly below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This place fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last category we analyzed is short-term care, which proved to be a weak link for this nursing home. We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D in the area of short-term care. Our short-term care grade is often used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to provide highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Bell Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 4.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 1.41% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 0.43% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 8.21% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for several conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 4.8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 99.09% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 7.21% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 4.64% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 4.64% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 1.95% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Bell Convalescent Hospital, 32.41% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.

Scores for Bell Gardens, CA

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

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Nearby Dialysis

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  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=056218