Cottonwood Health Care Center
625 Cottonwood Street, Woodland CA 95695 · (530) 662-9193 · 94.48% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Cottonwood Health Care Center is one of four available facilities located in Woodland, California. This is a fine nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good score. In fact, we thought highly enough of this facility to rank it ahead of the majority of the facilities in Woodland. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 98 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. In computing a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses are seeing patients as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which was above average. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. For example, it fared as well as any facility the state in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also excelled in inspections. We awarded it an A- for that category. Inspection scores are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our higher grades in our short-term care category as well, with a B+. In determining our short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that it fared better than most nursing homes in this area with 50.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care. In this category, we gave this facility a solid grade of C. This actually was this nursing home's worst category. In the area of long-term care, we focus on the quantity of services provided by a nursing home, rather than more healthcare-oriented services. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 93.03797 percent of its residents. This is somewhat below what we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cottonwood Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better