Community Convalescent Center of San Bernardino

In addition to faring well overall, this facility earned nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing grade is largely based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving a patient more often.

Turning to our next category, this nursing home also received a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this category. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The final category we assessed is short-term care. We gave this facility a decent grade in that area, with a grade of B-. Even though this was not on par with a few of this facility's other scores, it is nevertheless not the end of the world. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.