Located in Atascadero, California, Danish Care Center is the lone facility we found in the city. With an overall score of A+, this facility is clearly a superb nursing home. In fact, this facility made our top 500 list of the best facilities in the nation, which is an exclusive list. As you can find below, this nursing home performed equally well in our category ratings. In fact, we gave it straight A's!
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Danish Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
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Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A-plus
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
The next category we looked at was inspections, where this facility also received an A+ grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are seeing residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
In the last category, this nursing home also was awarded a first-rate short-term care grade, with a grade of A. This topped off an elite report card. In our short-term care score, we seek to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Danish Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A-plus
In Danish Care Center, 2.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B
In Danish Care Center, 2.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A+
In Danish Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: C
In Danish Care Center, 18.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: F
In Danish Care Center, 34.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B-plus
In Danish Care Center, 1.24% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Danish Care Center, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A-plus
In Danish Care Center, 2.82% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: C
In Danish Care Center, 9.35% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Danish Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Danish Care Center, 9.35% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-plus
In Danish Care Center, 9.81% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-plus
In Danish Care Center, 83.01% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Twin Cities Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.2 miles away1100 Las Tablas Rd Templeton California 93465Proprietary(805) 434-3500
- Sierra Vista Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.57 miles away1010 Murray St San Luis Obispo California 93405Proprietary(850) 546-7600
- French Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.37 miles away1911 Johnson Ave San Luis Obispo California 93401Voluntary non-profit - Private(805) 543-5353
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita-Templeton Dialysis8.31 miles away1310 Las Tablas Road, Suite 101 Templeton California 93465CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (805) 434-3473
- Davita-Casa St Home Training11.41 miles away35 Casa Street, Suite 110 San Luis Obispo California 93405Dialysis Stations: 5 (805) 785-0321
- Davita-San Luis Obispo Dialysis12.25 miles away1043 Marsh Street San Luis Obispo California 93401Dialysis Stations: 20 (805) 543-1013
