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Desert Terrace Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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2509 North 24th Street,
Phoenix AZ 85008

(602) 273-1347

80.64% estimated occupancy 1

Desert Terrace Healthcare Center is an average-sized facility located in Phoenix, Arizona. This facility was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a respectable score. Phoenix received a city grade of B, so there are some other options in the city worth looking at. One of the better aspects of this facility's report card is its strong inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Lymphedema Care

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

To pair with its decent overall score, we gave this facility a grade of A- for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than its overall rating. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Another one of this facility's better category scores was in the category of short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this nursing home provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We gave this facility just a D for our long-term care rating. This is not a very good score. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 91.954025 percent of its residents, which is somewhat below what we anticipated. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The final area we looked at was nursing, ended up being this facility's worst category. We gave this facility a D in this area. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Unfortunately, this place also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percent of residents suffering pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This place was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this metric.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Desert Terrace Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 13.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 1.15% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who have had a fall which resulted in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 2.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 14.88% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 12.99% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 66.76% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 3.59% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 5.74% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 5.74% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 14.9% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Desert Terrace Healthcare Center, 72.85% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.

Scores for Phoenix, AZ

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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