Del Amo Gardens Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Torrance, California. Sporting an overall rating of A, this facility is among the highest-rated nursing homes we looked at. This is one of the three highest graded facilities in the city. This facility was also given strong grades in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Del Amo Gardens Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to emphasize that this facility received an impressive grade of A for short-term care. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score is primarily tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place California in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving patients even once per day.
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Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category, we awarded this nursing home an A- for our long-term care rating. This rounded out a very favorable profile. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. After considering the amount of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a life threatening illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Del Amo Gardens Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 6.38% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 2.16% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 0.46% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced a urinary tract infection. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 4.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 4.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 7.85% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 11.23% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 11.23% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 12.3% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Del Amo Gardens Care Center, 92.98% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Torrance, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.57 miles away1000 W Carson St Torrance California 90502Government - Local(310) 222-2101
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- College Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.44 miles away2776 Pacific Avenue Long Beach California 90806Proprietary(562) 595-1911
- St Mary Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.29 miles away1050 Linden Ave Long Beach California 90813Voluntary non-profit - Church(562) 491-9000
- Lakewood Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.11 miles away3700 E South St Lakewood California 90712Proprietary(562) 602-6751
- Community Hospital of Huntington ParkAcute Care Hospitals 13.53 miles away2623 E Slauson Ave Huntington Park California 90255Proprietary(323) 583-1931
Nearby Dialysis
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