Bella Vista Health Center is one of a mere two facilities located in Lemon Grove, California. This nursing home proved to be a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category ratings, which are also impressive. It's hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Bella Vista Health Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its favorable overall performance, we gave this place an A- for the area of inspections. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
This facility received high grades in the area of nursing as well. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Our nursing rating is primarily based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving a resident more often.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a score of A- for our short-term care grade. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most important for individuals requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more highly-skilled nursing. This means not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at was long-term care. We gave this nursing home one of our higher scores in that category, with a grade of B. This nursing home turned out to be strong in each area we assessed. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bella Vista Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bella Vista Health Center, 5.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bella Vista Health Center, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bella Vista Health Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bella Vista Health Center, 1.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bella Vista Health Center, 9.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bella Vista Health Center, 7.08% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bella Vista Health Center, 98.79% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bella Vista Health Center, 8.97% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bella Vista Health Center, 15.91% of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Bella Vista Health Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bella Vista Health Center, 15.91% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bella Vista Health Center, 6.8% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bella Vista Health Center, 84.41% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Grossmont HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.25 miles away5555 Grossmont Center Drive Box 58 La Mesa California 91942Government - Hospital District or Authority(619) 465-0711
- Alvarado Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.4 miles away6655 Alvarado Road San Diego California 92120Proprietary(619) 229-3172
- Paradise Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.57 miles away2400 East 4th St National City California 91950Proprietary(619) 470-4321
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - ZionAcute Care Hospitals 5.7 miles away4647 Zion Ave San Diego California 92120Voluntary non-profit - Private(619) 528-5000
- Nmc San DiegoAcute Care - Department of Defense 6.7 miles away34800 Bob Wilson Drive San Diego California 92134Department of Defense(619) 532-6400
- Scripps Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.84 miles away4077 5th Ave San Diego California 92103Voluntary non-profit - Private(619) 294-8111
- Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.03 miles away751 Medical Center Court Chula Vista California 91911Proprietary(619) 502-5800
- Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrAcute Care Hospitals 8.16 miles away200 West Arbor Drive San Diego California 92103Voluntary non-profit - Other(619) 543-6222
Nearby Dialysis
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- Davita-San Diego East3.8 miles away292 Euclid Avenue, Suite 100 San Diego California 92114CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (619) 262-7225
- Fmc-La Mesa Dialysis Center3.98 miles away5995 Severin Drive La Mesa California 91942CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (619) 462-9992
- Fmc-Raven4.85 miles away499 Raven Street San Diego California 92102Dialysis Stations: 31 (619) 263-1518
- Fmc-Gateway Dialysis Center-East5.21 miles away720 Gateway Center Drive, Suite B San Diego California 92102CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (619) 264-4100
- Davita-San Diego South Dialysis5.32 miles away995 Gateway Center Way, Suite 101 San Diego California 92102CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (619) 262-1960