East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Sub-Acute Care

On top of being a quality facility overall, this facility really excelled in long-term care, where it earned an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.765434 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a life or death ailment for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. It received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with an B+. Few nursing homes with an overall score in this range performed this well in multiple categories. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. In calculating our nursing ratings, we assess both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This place provided just 0.9 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a relatively low total compared with most facilities. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this metric. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving residents more often.

The next category we graded is short-term care. We awarded this facility a C in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.