Chapman Global Medical Center Senior Behavioral Health

While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection ratings account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. In computing our nursing scores, we analyze both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This place averages 0.9 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is well below average. Lastly, our nursing grades also consider quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

This nursing home received its third most favorable category grade in the category of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a C in this category, which is an acceptable grade. In calculating our short-term care grades, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is typically a fair measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

The final area we analyzed is long-term care, which was a weak link for this facility. We awarded this facility a grade of D in our long-term care category. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.