CPMC Mission Bernal Campus & Orthopedic Institute

One of the reasons this turned out to be a great facility is that it received a strong short-term care grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home an A. With our short-term care category, we attempt to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 7.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. Our nursing rating is largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The fourth category we graded is long-term care, where this facility was given a B+. This rounded out a very impressive report card. Very few nursing homes received a B+ or better in each of our categories. Facilities that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to assessing the volume 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, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.