El Monte Convalescent Hospital
4096 Easy Street, El Monte CA 91731 · (626) 442-1500 · 79.59% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
El Monte Convalescent Hospital is located in El Monte, California, a city with a population of 90,977 people. This nursing home is a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. In fact, we thought highly enough of this nursing home to rank it ahead of the majority of the facilities in El Monte. We were also pleased to find that this place didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
One of the main reasons this turned out to be a strong nursing home is that it earned a very impressive long-term care score. In fact, long-term care is its best category. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an impressive grade of A. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of offering well above average levels of nursing care and other staffing, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. The last datapoint we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 2.24 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it an B+ in that area. When calculating a facility's nursing grade, we consider the number of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home offers an extremely impressive 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is among the highest figures in California. Lastly, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. For example, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out this facility's nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them a grade of B+ in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was short-term care. This facility was given a favorable short-term care rating in our assessment, with a grade of C. Even though this wasn't nearly as strong as a few of its other scores, this remains a decent rating for this category. In our short-term care assessment, we attempt to create a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 22.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
El Monte Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better