College Vista Convalescent Hospital
4681 Eagle Rock Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90041 · (213) 257-8151 · 91.63% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
College Vista Convalescent Hospital looks like it is one of a list of 79 facilities located in Los Angeles, California. The city has far more options to choose from compared to most areas in the country. With an overall grade of C, this is likely a solid nursing home. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Los Angeles, which is admittedly a little below average nationally. This place did not fare well in every category we looked at, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. More information about its category grades is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 49 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility earned a decent overall rating, its inspections rating is notably more impressive than its overall score. Due to a strong government inspection report this year, it received one of our better scores in that category with a B+. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better grades. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home offers high levels of nursing care, with an average of 4.1 hours per patient daily. This is more nursing care than most nursing homes provide. Finally, this facility appears to be above average in several of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. For example, it fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home offers.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third best category was long-term care. We gave it a B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this area. In the area of long-term care, we weigh the quantity of services offered by a nursing home, as opposed to more healthcare-oriented services. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 3.7 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this figure is somewhat concerning, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes due to the medical complexity of patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed is short-term care, which is a weak link for this facility. We awarded this facility a D for short-term care. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is typically a useful measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Not surprisingly, we learned that this facility provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average nursing home. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 35.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics sunk this facility's short-term care score.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
College Vista Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term care residents which are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better