Brookdale San Dimas

This nursing home's short-term care grade is notably more impressive than its overall score. It received one of our better scores in that area with a B+. Our short-term care scores are probably more meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We were not able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

This facility's second best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are mostly based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a relatively low total compared with most facilities. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its residents.

This nursing home also received a decent inspection grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of C. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility had 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This tells you it dodged the more significant classes of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

This facility's weakest area was long-term care, which is the last area we assessed. In this category, we gave this nursing home a D. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.