Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center is an average-sized facility located in Pittsburg, California. This proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. At the end of the day, this facility is a solid choice for quite a few people. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
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Diamond Ridge Healthcare 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 - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this facility excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an impressive grade of A-. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility earned top notch government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in that category, with an A-. Our inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. The nursing score is based on a variety of factors. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of turning a resident at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded was long-term care, in which this facility received a grade of B-. This proved to be this facility's worst area. This is still not a terrible score. In the category of long-term care, we look at the quantity of care offered by a facility, rather than more sophisticated services. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 5.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 1.11% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 14.55% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 7.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents that are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 20.6% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms. Some believe that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 100% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 7.89% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 13.13% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that remained mobile levels. Some experts argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 13.13% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 11.66% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 84.78% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sutter Delta Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.01 miles away3901 Lone Tree Way Antioch California 94509Voluntary non-profit - Private(925) 779-7200
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - AntiochAcute Care Hospitals 6.61 miles away4501 Sand Creek Road Antioch California 94531Voluntary non-profit - Private(925) 813-6500
- John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusAcute Care Hospitals 8.91 miles away2540 East St Concord California 94520Voluntary non-profit - Private(925) 682-8200
- John Muir Behavioral Health CenterPsychiatric 9.1 miles away2740 Grant Street Concord California 94524Voluntary non-profit - Private(925) 674-4101
- John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusAcute Care Hospitals 11.1 miles away1601 Ygnacio Valley Rd Walnut Creek California 94598Voluntary non-profit - Other(925) 939-3000
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut CreekAcute Care Hospitals 12.71 miles away1425 S Main Street Walnut Creek California 94596Voluntary non-profit - Private(925) 295-4000
- Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.03 miles away2500 Alhambra Avenue Martinez California 94553Government - Local(925) 370-5000
- San Ramon Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.57 miles away6001 Norris Canyon Road San Ramon California 94583Proprietary(925) 275-9200
Nearby Dialysis
- Delta View Dialysis Center0.19 miles away1150 E Leland Road Pittsburg California 94565CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (925) 427-0867
- Fmc Diablo Central Pittsburg0.36 miles away2155 Loveridge Road Pittsburg California 94565CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (925) 439-8772
- Fmc Diablo West Antioch1.64 miles away2386 Buchanan Road Antioch California 94509CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (925) 756-2490
- Antioch Dialysis Center1.85 miles away3100 Delta Fair Blvd Antioch California 94509CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (925) 753-5000
- Davita Lone Tree Ranch Dialysis4.22 miles away4040 Lone Tree Way Antioch California 94531Dialysis Stations: 24 (925) 777-3356
- Fmc East Antioch5.34 miles away2163 Country Hills Dr Antioch California 94509CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (925) 779-1254
- Concord Dialysis Center8.68 miles away2300 Stanwell Drive Suite C Concord California 94520CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (925) 677-7492
- Fkc San Miguel9 miles away2731 Systron Drive Suite 100 Concord California 94518Dialysis Stations: 25 (925) 676-6401