Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home in Long Beach, California. We awarded this nursing home a very respectable overall grade of A-. Indeed, it turned out to be the fourth best facility in Long Beach according to our rankings. Even with Long Beach offering 11 other nursing homes to select from, this facility jumped off the page as a great selection. As you will see below, this facility also performed well in our category scores. It's hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an excellent short-term care score, with a grade of A. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is considered to be a useful assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Our nursing rating is largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning patients more frequently.
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Facility Inspections
Adding yet another impressive category grade, we awarded this nursing home an impressive grade of B+ for our inspections category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the fourth category, this nursing home was awarded a highly favorable long-term care grade. We awarded it a grade of B+ in that category, rounding out one of our finer report cards. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients that have pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 1.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients who had falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 10.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 13.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 5.83% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients exhibiting signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 95.65% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 8.26% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 10.41% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 1.78 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 10.41 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing 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
In Edgewater Skilled Nursing Center, 79.12% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Scores for Long Beach, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- 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-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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