Central Valley Post Acute - Modesto

The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that area, with an A-. This is a notably better score than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Inspection ratings account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category generally have few severe deficiencies. 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. Based on this, we had favorable view of this facility's inspections.

One of this nursing home's higher category grades came in the area of long-term care. This turned out to be its second most respectable category. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. We'd have to do a little more research into this place before opining further on this category as it appears we are missing a few metrics in this category.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of skill of those nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This place provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat concerning figure as it is well below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. While this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this area. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning residents even once per day.

The last area we graded is short-term care, which ended up being this facility's weakest area. We gave this nursing home a D in this area. Our short-term care ratings are presumably most important for individuals needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this place offers significantly less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.