Camarillo Healthcare Center

In addition to performing well overall, this facility received nearly flawless government inspections. As a result, it received one of our best scores in that category with an A+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

Another quality feature for this nursing home is that it received an above average long-term care score. In fact, this proved to be its second best category grade. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a B+. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.67742 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This nursing home is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area. In our short-term care grade, we seek to craft a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The last area we scored is nursing. This nursing home received an impressive nursing rating in our assessment, with a B. Even though this is not nearly as good as many of its other grades, this is nevertheless one of our more favorable scores in this area. Our nursing score weighs numerous data points. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a patient more frequently.