California Post-Acute Care

Even though this nursing home's overall score wasn't a highlight, it actually received a somewhat respectable score in the area of nursing. We awarded it a B- for that category. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a low total compared with most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

One of this nursing home's higher category grades came in the area of long-term care. This wound up being its second most respectable category. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a B-. Our long-term care grades are pivotal for residents requiring non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility provided the vaccine to 98.51117 percent of its residents, which is a very solid percentage. This facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This facilities third best area is short-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is essentially a middle of the road score in this area. Our short-term care grades are vital for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The more important thing is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.

Moving on the final category of inspections, this nursing home fared very poorly. Sadly, it received an F in our inspection rating. This is our most heavily weighted category in our overall scoring system. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection rating. We suggest you scrutinize the severity of the deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed multiple category G through L deficiencies, which rank among the more severe categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies found by inspectors had the potential to cause actual harm to patients. Finally, this facility also received 32 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.