Central Gardens Post Acute is an average-sized nursing home located in San Francisco, California. This nursing home turns out to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. The facilities in San Francisco received a very impressive city grade of A- so this is not the only great nursing home here. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category ratings, which are also strong. It would be hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.
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Central Gardens Post Acute
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a favorable overall grade, this nursing home also earned a strong inspection grade, which is associated with the facility's recent government inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ in this category. Our inspection scores are tied to datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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
An additional quality feature for this facility is that it was awarded a very positive short-term care score. In fact, this ended up being its second best category score. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a B. In our short-term care score, we try to craft a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. Nursing grades are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed was long-term care, in which we awarded it a strong grade of B. This facility really didn't have any weak spots. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia can be a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Central Gardens Post Acute Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 2.52% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 1.58% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients which sustained UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this statistic can also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 8.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for several medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 0.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 0.84% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 100% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 1.76% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 9.03% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 9.03% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 19.06% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Central Gardens Post Acute, 95.23% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for San Francisco, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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