Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation is a facility in Petaluma, California. This city has a population of 70,223 people. With an overall rating of D, this is a well below average nursing home. Based on our assessment, this facility likely isn't the best fit for most prospective residents. The best thing we can say about this facility is that it did not receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 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 - Limited Liability company
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Although we were not high on this facility overall, we gave it a grade of B in nursing. Nursing ratings are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
One of this facility's more respectable category scores came in the area of long-term care. This proved to be its second most favorable category. In that category, we gave this nursing home a C. For patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 96.7509 percent of its patients. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the area of short-term care, this nursing home was given a grade of just D in that area. Our short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Based on its score in this area, we were not surprised to learn that this facility is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its patients based on the figures we assessed. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home did not receive a favorable inspection score. We gave it a just D in this category. Inspection scores relate to a facility's government inspection reports. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. We would scrutinize the severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed a deficiency by government inspectors. We were relieved to find that it was not in a category that suggests that it caused a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, we would like to point out that this nursing home received significant government fines of more than $100,000. This typically suggests that a poor track record has been an issue for several years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 3.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 1.81% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who experienced a fall which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 1.53% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 14.63% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 18.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 15.99% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 97.78% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 14.29% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 15.89% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 15.89% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 26.35% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Empres Post Acute Rehabilitation, 71.61% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Petaluma, 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-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Aurora Behavioral Healthcare-Santa Rosa, LLCPsychiatric 17.02 miles away1287 Fulton Road Santa Rosa California 95401Proprietary(707) 800-7700
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Nearby Dialysis
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- San Rafael Dialysis18.88 miles away1415 3rd Street San Rafael California 94901Dialysis Stations: 24 (415) 453-4437
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