Citrus Nursing Center is an average-sized facility located in Fontana, California. Featuring an overall score of B-, this is a middle of the pack facility. This facility seems to have a few things working in its favor. The best part of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Citrus Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better grades in that category, with an A. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a positive short-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded them a B+ in this area, which is one of our more favorable scores. In determining our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This area is generally a useful measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. The nursing grade includes a number of datapoints. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a relatively low total compared with most other nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. While this place got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed well in this statistic. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning patients more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the last area, we awarded this nursing home a D for long-term care. This is the facility's worst category score. Naturally, this score pulled down the nursing home's overall profile to a certain degree. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Citrus Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Citrus Nursing Center, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Citrus Nursing Center, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that sustained falls leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Citrus Nursing Center, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Citrus Nursing Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Citrus Nursing Center, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Citrus Nursing Center, 4.64% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Citrus Nursing Center, 95.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Citrus Nursing Center, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Citrus Nursing Center, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Many believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Citrus Nursing Center, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Citrus Nursing Center, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Citrus Nursing Center, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Citrus Nursing Center, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital FontanaAcute Care Hospitals 1.37 miles away9961 Sierra Ave Fontana California 92335Voluntary non-profit - Private(909) 427-5500
- Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.83 miles away400 North Pepper Avenue Colton California 92324Government - Local(909) 580-1000
- Community Hospital of San BernardinoAcute Care Hospitals 8.15 miles away1805 Medical Center Drive San Bernardino California 92411Voluntary non-profit - Private(909) 887-6333
- Riverside Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.58 miles away4445 Magnolia Avenue Riverside California 92501Proprietary(951) 788-3000
- St Bernardine Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.55 miles away2101 N Waterman Ave San Bernardino California 92404Voluntary non-profit - Private(909) 883-8711
- San Antonio Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.59 miles away999 San Bernardino Road Upland California 91786Voluntary non-profit - Other(714) 985-2811
- Doctors Hospital of RiversideAcute Care Hospitals 10.89 miles away3865 Jackson Street Riverside California 92503Voluntary non-profit - Private(951) 688-2211
- Loma Linda University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.31 miles away11234 Anderson St Loma Linda California 92354Voluntary non-profit - Private(909) 558-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Fontana0.79 miles awayPeritoneal Dialysis Unit, 9985 Sierra Avenue Mob-3 Fontana California 92335Dialysis Stations: 5 (909) 427-4253
- Fmc-Rai-Juniper Ave-Fontana1.38 miles away10557 Juniper Avenue, Suite B Fontana California 92337CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (909) 854-4336
- Davita-Fontana Dialysis2.51 miles away17590 Foothill Blvd. Fontana California 92335CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (909) 356-9664
- Home Dialysis Centers of Rancho Cucamonga5.46 miles away8239 Rochester Avenue, Suite 110 Rancho Cucamonga California 91730Dialysis Stations: 2 (909) 945-2104
- Davita-Rancho Cucamonga Home Training5.46 miles away8219 Rochester Avenue Rancho Cucamonga California 91730Dialysis Stations: 10 (909) 466-5489
- Fmc-Rai-North Riverside-Rialto5.81 miles away1850 N. Riverside Avenue, Suite 150 Rialto California 92376CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (909) 879-1185
- Arrowhead Regional Medical Center5.91 miles away400 N. Pepper Avenue Colton California 92324Dialysis Stations: 8 (909) 580-3911
- Davita-Colton Ranch Dialysis6.08 miles away1405 Valley Blvd., Suite 100 Colton California 92324CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (909) 783-7948