Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a facility located in Visalia, California, a city with 142,488 people. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is very good grade. Based on our assessment, you can't go wrong with this nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is long-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received an excellent long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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 determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a strong short-term care grade. This actually is this nursing home's third strongest category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a score of A-. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To offer good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. It does not appear that this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The last area we rated is nursing, in which this nursing home received a grade of B-. Although this proved to be its lowest category score, this is still not a bad grade. The nursing grade weighs quite a few components, most of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, while this nursing home didn't rank well in terms of its nursing hours per resident, it performed much better in some of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the percentage of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, this nursing home fared better than average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 7.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.92% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 24.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.03% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may indicate worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.59% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a patient's well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 11.07% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Delta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 70.45% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Visalia, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Visalia, California has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Kaweah Delta Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.55 miles away400 W Mineral King Ave Visalia California 93291Government - Hospital District or Authority(559) 624-2000
- Adventist Health TulareAcute Care Hospitals 8.29 miles away869 North Cherry Street Tulare California 93274Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 688-0821
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita-Visalia Vineyard Dialysis1.24 miles away1140 South Ben Maddox Way Visalia California 93292Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 635-1938
- Kaweah Delta Dialysis Facility3.22 miles away5040 W. Tulare Avenue Visalia California 93277CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (559) 624-3600
- Davita-Visalia Dialysis3.53 miles away5429 W. Cypress Avenue, Suite A Visalia California 93277CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 738-9279
- Davita-Exeter Dialysis7.96 miles away1116 W. Visalia Road, Suite 106 Exeter California 93221CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (559) 592-1025
- Davita-Tulare Dialysis9.12 miles away545 E. Tulare Avenue Tulare California 93274CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (559) 688-8991
- Davita-Dinuba Dialysis16.05 miles away510 E North Way Dinuba California 93618CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 595-9462