Carehouse Healthcare Center
1800 Old Tustin Road, Santa Ana CA 92705 · (714) 835-4900 · 87.87% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Carehouse Healthcare Center is located in the densely populated metropolitan area of Santa Ana, California. This facility was given a rock bottom overall grade based on the data we looked at. Santa Ana received a city grade of B-, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 174 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Even though this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it didn't perform as badly in nursing. In fact, we gave it a B- for this area. The nursing category consists of many components, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as minimizing major falls. This nursing home performed admirably in this subcategory. Avoiding serious falls is often a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also pleasantly surprised to discover that this facility earned a reasonably solid long-term care rating this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that area. Long-term care grades assess a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the skilled nursing and healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, this place's hospitalization rate was less favorable. We found that this facility had 2.29 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also didn't rate poorly in the area of short-term care. In fact, we gave it a grade of C for that area, which happens to be another one of its better scores. With our short-term care grade, we try to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. This place was respectable in this metric with 46.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this category more heavily than our other categories. When a nursing home has this poor of an inspection score, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This facility was assessed 13 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carehouse Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better