Bixby Knolls Towers Health Care & Rehab Center
3747 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach CA 90807 · (562) 426-6123 · 69.29% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Bixby Knolls Towers Health Care & Rehab Center is an average-sized nursing home in Long Beach, California. We awarded this nursing home a quality overall grade of A-. In fact, it is actually the second best facility in Long Beach according to our rankings. Even in a city with 26 nursing homes, this nursing home really stands out. As you can find below, this place also performed just fine in our category ratings. It would be hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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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)
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 4.4 hours per patient daily. This is more nursing care than nearly any other facility offers. Lastly, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, it fared as well as any facility the country when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We view these statistics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we gave this nursing home an A- for inspections. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A few minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Only a select group of facilities received a better grade in this category. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. On top of offering very favorable levels of nursing care and other staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This statistic is also much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.65 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final area, we awarded this facility a grade of A- for its short-term care grade. This completed a very strong report card. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. This place performed better than most facilities in this area with 52.4 percent of its residents returning home. At most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bixby Knolls Towers Health Care & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized 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 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better