Eisenhower Healthcare Center
1470 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena CA 91103 · (626) 798-9133 · 91.69% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Eisenhower Healthcare Center is a small facility located in Pasadena, California. With a really poor overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in Pasadena. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 71 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall score was terrible, it actually performed pretty well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B for that area, which is one of our better scores. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is generally in your best interest to avoid facilities that had a long list of severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 10 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. According to its CMS data, this place provided an average of 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which was above the national average. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as minimizing major falls. This nursing home performed admirably in this statistic.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility's next highest score is short-term care. As it turns out, with a D in this area, it still fared somewhat badly. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation To have highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. In this nursing home's case, we found that it offered less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. Finally, we considered the number of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 29.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we scored is long-term care. Sadly, it received an F in this category, which is a very poor grade. For patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. We were far less impressed with its hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 4.11 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is more than twice the national average. This is definitely an alarming statistic.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Eisenhower Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better