Chatsworth Park Health Care Center is located in Chatsworth, California, a city with 36,557 people. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B-. A score in this range requires some respectable scores. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
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Chatsworth Park Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
- Aquatic Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received a short-term care grade which is better than its overall score. We awarded this facility an above average grade of B in this category. This really helped its overall profile. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This category is often a useful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. It does not look like this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Surprisingly, this facility actually received a good grade in the area of inspections as well. We gave it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. There are numerous factors included in this category. Most of the criteria are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our fourth area, this facility received a B- in long-term care, which we consider to be an acceptable score. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.94737 percent of its patients. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chatsworth Park Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 8.95% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 0.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that have sustained a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 0.77% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 8.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 20.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 8.64% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 98.25% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 9.05% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 12.04% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 12.04% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 10.62% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Chatsworth Park Health Care Center, 92.14% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northridge Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.94 miles away18300 Roscoe Blvd Northridge California 91325Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 885-8500
- Providence Tarzana Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.67 miles away18321 Clark Street Tarzana California 91356Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 881-0800
- Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.16 miles away15031 Rinaldi St Mission Hills California 91346Voluntary non-profit - Church(818) 365-8051
- Adventist Health Simi ValleyAcute Care Hospitals 8.35 miles away2975 N Sycamore Dr Simi Valley California 93065Voluntary non-profit - Church(805) 955-6000
- Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.82 miles away14445 Olive View Drive Sylmar California 91342Voluntary non-profit - Other(818) 364-1555
- Sherman Oaks HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.42 miles away4929 Van Nuys Blvd Sherman Oaks California 91403Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 981-7111
- Pacifica Hospital of the ValleyAcute Care Hospitals 11.89 miles away9449 San Fernando Rd Sun Valley California 91352Proprietary(818) 767-3310
- Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UclaPsychiatric 16.53 miles away150 Medical Plaza-Rm-4230c Los Angeles California 90095Government - State(310) 825-6962
Nearby Dialysis
- Northridge Kidney Care Center3.5 miles away19333 Business Center Drive Northridge California 91324Dialysis Stations: 25 (818) 709-9999
- Nrc-Northridge Dialysis Center4.27 miles away9325 Reseda Blvd. Northridge California 91324CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (818) 993-6700
- Davita-West Hills Dialysis5.1 miles away7230 Medical Center Drive, Suite 101 West Hills California 91307Dialysis Stations: 12 (818) 704-1033
- Nrc-Kidney Care Center of North Valley, Inc5.81 miles away16907 Devonshire Street Granada Hills California 91344CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (818) 366-4600
- Davita Warner Center Dialysis5.99 miles away21040 Califa St Suite A Woodland Hills California 91367Dialysis Stations: 24 (818) 715-9602
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Woodland Hills6.03 miles away5601 De Soto Avenue, Area 247 Peritoneal Dialysis Woodland Hills California 91365Dialysis Stations: 3 (818) 719-3610
- Fmc-Woodland Hills Dialysis Center6.54 miles away19836 Ventura Blvd., Suite C Woodland Hills California 91364CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (818) 713-9040
- u.s. Renal Care Northridge Dialysis6.56 miles away18546 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 108 Northridge California 91324CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (818) 886-3771