Coastal View Healthcare Center
4904 Telegraph Rd, Ventura CA 93003 · (805) 642-4101 · 81.14% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
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.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
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.
Facility Inspections
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.
Nurse Quality
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.
Long-term Care Quality
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.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Coastal View Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better