Coastal View Healthcare Center

Coastal View Healthcare Center is a nursing home located in Ventura, California. This city has a population of 112,613 people. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this is undoubtedly a very good facility. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top third of all nursing homes nationally. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which you can find in the next section.

One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ short-term care grade. Short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is generally an excellent sign. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in California in this area with 69.5 percent of its patients returning home. For most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

This facility has earned near flawless inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. In determining a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses are caring for patients and the level of skill of those nurses. This place provides an incredible 4.7 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is far better than what is provided by most facilities. Lastly, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. For example, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

The next area we scored proved to be this facility's poorest area. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still awarded it an acceptable grade of C for our long-term care category. Our long-term care ratings are more meaningful for those in need of more traditional services associated with activities of daily living. On top of considering the impressive quantity of care provided by aids and other staff at this facility, we also were pleased by the facility's record for vaccinations. By way of example, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is above average. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.68 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.