Coast Care Convalescent Center
14518 E. Los Angeles St., Baldwin Park CA 91706 · (626) 337-7229 · 91.87% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Coast Care Convalescent Center is a small nursing home located in Baldwin Park, California. With an overall rating of B-, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Baldwin Park. The best part of this nursing home's report card is its stellar inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 48 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not bad, 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 grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor dings are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a favorable score in long-term care. This facility earned a grade of B+ in this area, which turns out to be one of our better scores. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.75 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a dangerous ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. The last statistic we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 4.07 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as impressive as most of its other scores in this area, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. Our nursing score assesses many datapoints, but the paramount one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. Based on the data, it looks like this nursing home provides an impressive 3.9 hours per resident on a daily basis. This is more nursing care than most nursing homes offer. In computing our grades, we apply more weight to hours performed by more highly trained nurses such as registered or licensed nurses. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. This nursing home performed admirably in this metric. Avoiding major falls is usually a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility offers enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was short-term care, which was this facility's worst area. It received an F for this category, which is certainly very concerning. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this place offers less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 14.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Coast Care Convalescent Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better