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Berkley West Healthcare Center

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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Berkley West Healthcare Center's website

1623 Arizona Avenue,
Santa Monica CA 90404

(310) 829-4565

71.66% estimated occupancy 1

Berkley West Healthcare Center is a facility located in Santa Monica, California. The city has 92,043 people. This nursing home received an overall grade of B-, which is a respectable rating. Even in a city offering 11 nursing homes, this nursing home should be a sound choice. The best part of this place's profile is its exemplary inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • No Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Colostomy Care
  • Catheter Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we gave it an B- for that category, which is one of our best grades. Our nursing grade is largely tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is far below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it scored well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's third best category ended up being its short-term care score, where it was given a grade of B-. Our short-term care grades are presumably most important for individuals in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final area we scored was long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in that area. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Berkley West Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A+

In Berkley West Healthcare Center, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Berkley West Healthcare Center, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Berkley West Healthcare Center, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs

This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients who had a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Berkley West Healthcare Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Berkley West Healthcare Center, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Berkley West Healthcare Center, 4.64% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Berkley West Healthcare Center, 95.44% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Berkley West Healthcare Center, 9.83 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Berkley West Healthcare Center, 79.79% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Santa Monica, CA

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

Looking for more options? Santa Monica, California has 10 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Providence Saint John's Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.4 miles away2121 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica California 90404Voluntary non-profit - Private(310) 829-5511
  • Ronald Reagan U C L a Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.33 miles away757 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles California 90095Government - State(310) 825-6301
  • Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UclaPsychiatric 3.38 miles away150 Medical Plaza-Rm-4230c Los Angeles California 90095Government - State(310) 825-6962
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.77 miles away8700 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles California 90048Voluntary non-profit - Other(310) 423-5000
  • Sherman Oaks HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.33 miles away4929 Van Nuys Blvd Sherman Oaks California 91403Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 981-7111
  • Southern California Hospital at HollywoodAcute Care Hospitals 10.17 miles away6245 De Longpre Ave Los Angeles California 90028Proprietary(323) 462-2271
  • Providence Tarzana Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.27 miles away18321 Clark Street Tarzana California 91356Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 881-0800

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita-Santa Monica Dialysis0.15 miles away1260 15th Street, Suite 102 Santa Monica California 90404CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (310) 393-4744
  • Davita-Mar Vista1.22 miles away2020 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 100 & 120 Santa Monica California 90404CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (310) 453-4900
  • Davita-Century City Dialysis Center3.38 miles away10630 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles California 90025CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (310) 954-2700
  • Fmc-Culver City Dialysis3.97 miles away9432 Venice Blvd. Culver City California 90230CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (310) 836-2237
  • Davita-Beverlywood Dialysis4.7 miles away2080 Century Park East, Suite 210 Los Angeles California 90067Dialysis Stations: 13 (310) 772-0224
  • u.s. Renal Care Culver City5.04 miles away9808 Venice Blvd., Suite 200 Culver City California 90232Dialysis Stations: 18 (310) 841-0500
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- West Los Angeles5.09 miles awayDialysis Unit 6041 Cadillac Avenue, Suite 442 Los Angeles California 90034Dialysis Stations: 4 (323) 857-3245
  • u.s. Renal Care West Los Angeles Dialysis6.25 miles away1801 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles California 90035CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (310) 840-5688

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=055136