Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation is one of eight facilities located in Gardena, California. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility, which is one of the most impressive ratings we offer. This is just about as good of a place as you're going to find. As you can see below, this nursing home performed just as well in our category scores. In fact, we gave it straight A's!
Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that area with a score of A. Our inspection ratings are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's government inspections. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. We looked at the licensure of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses worked with patients, in determining our score in this area. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving patients at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed was short-term care, where this facility received an A-. This finished off a very favorable profile. Not many nursing homes received an A- or better in all four categories. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 4.64% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 95.44% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Clear View Memory Care and Rehabilitation, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Scores for Gardena, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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Nearby Hospitals
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