Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center is an average-sized facility located in Pittsburg, California. This facility received an A- overall, which is one of our higher grades. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the nation. This nursing home also received very consistent scores in all of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A-minus
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Quick Details
- 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
Awards
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great facility is that it earned a very impressive short-term care grade. This proved to be its best category. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
Grade: A-minus
Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite insignificant. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A-minus
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Nursing scores are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 facility California in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving patients more often.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
In our last area, we awarded this facility an A- for our long-term care grade. This rounded out a very favorable report card. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly illness for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A-minus
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 1.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A+
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 10.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 13.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A+
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 5.83% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 95.65% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 8.26% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-minus
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 10.41% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 1.78 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to preserving the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 10.41 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 11.34 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-plus
In Diamond Ridge Healthcare Center, 79.12% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
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- 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
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Nearby Dialysis
- Delta View Dialysis Center0.19 miles away1150 E Leland Road Pittsburg California 94565CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (925) 427-0867
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- 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
