Calimesa Post Acute

While we didn't have many favorable things to say about this nursing home's overall score, it received a respectable short-term care grade of B-. This boosted its overall profile to some extent. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The key is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an C. Our nursing score assesses a handful of components, most of which are based on nursing hours. This place averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics. While this place got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this statistic. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving patients more often.

This nursing home received slightly below average government inspections in recent years. We awarded them a grade of C in this category. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to present an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, we do need to note that this place was assessed some government fines recently. We were relieved to find that these were on the lower end of the spectrum. Nevertheless, this still is not what you want to find.

Switching gears to the final area, we gave this nursing home a grade of D for our long-term care category. This is the nursing home's weakest category grade. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.