Devonshire Oaks Nursing Center
3635 Jefferson Avenue, Redwood City CA 94062 · (650) 366-9503 · 88.94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Devonshire Oaks Nursing Center is a small nursing home located in Redwood City, California. We gave this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all facilities in the country. This is just about as good of a place as you'll find. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing rating, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 38 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of receiving a great overall score, this facility excelled in our nursing category. We awarded it an A for that category. We scrutinized the levels of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in computing our score in this area. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. It performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
To add to its high-end achievements in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A for its short-term care score. Our short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This place provides more services with registered nurses and physical therapists than most nursing homes we looked at. This is certainly an excellent sign. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the country with 59.7 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home has earned near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this area. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is long-term care. In this area, we awarded this facility a decent grade of C. This is this nursing home's worst category. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. Even though we determined this facility has an above average amount of nursing hours provided by aids and other nursing staff, we found its vaccine statistics to be a bit below average. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 64.15095 percent of its residents. This is one statistic we would love to see this facility improve. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Devonshire Oaks Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better