Casa De Las Campanas
18655 W. Bernardo Drive, San Diego CA 92127 · (858) 451-9152 · 63.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Casa De Las Campanas is a nursing home in San Diego, California which has a total of 1,241,364 people. Featuring an overall rating of A, this facility is one of the most elite facilities we looked at. Indeed, this proved to be better than most of the nursing homes in San Diego, which has a decent selection of facilities. Headlining this nursing home's stellar profile is its inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, we gave it one of our best grades in this category with an A. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a dominant short-term care score. This actually is this facility's second best category score. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of A. In computing these short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in California in this area with 66.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. The nursing grade weighs quite a few components, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. It performed as well as any nursing home the country when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was long-term care. In this area, we gave this facility a decent grade of B-. This ended up being this nursing home's least impressive area. Our long-term care scores are more important for those needing more conventional assistance associated with personal care. After considering the impressive nursing care provided by this facility, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 98.19277 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which appears to be higher than many nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a significantly better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Casa De Las Campanas Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce 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 datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which sustained falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better