Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Encinitas, California. This is a fine nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable rating. We were pleased to find out that this was in line with the other facilities in Encinitas, which is one of the better cities in California to find a nursing home. Fortunately, this place did not have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Assisted Living
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
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A couple relatively minor dings are not something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to this nursing home's list of accomplishments, it also was given a superb short-term care grade. We gave them a strong grade of A- in this area. Short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. It does not appear that this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. In determining a nursing home's nursing score, we consider the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents and the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving a resident more often.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. However, even in its worst category we still awarded it an acceptable grade of B- in our long-term care category. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's personal care rather than the skilled therapy or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.99% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents which experienced a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.53% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.76% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 99.55% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.65% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.76% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.76% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.17% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Encinitas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 92.36% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasAcute Care Hospitals 0.7 miles away354 Santa Fe Drive Encinitas California 92024Voluntary non-profit - Private(760) 753-6501
- Tri-City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.27 miles away4002 Vista Way Oceanside California 92056Government - Hospital District or Authority(760) 724-8411
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaAcute Care Hospitals 10.86 miles away9888 Genesee Avenue La Jolla California 92037Physician(858) 626-4123
- Pomerado HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.79 miles away15615 Pomerado Road Poway California 92064Government - Hospital District or Authority(858) 485-6511
- Palomar Health Downtown CampusAcute Care Hospitals 12.8 miles away555 East Valley Parkway Escondido California 92025Government - Hospital District or Authority(760) 739-3000
- Nh Camp PendletonAcute Care - Department of Defense 14.63 miles away200 Mercy Circle Camp Pendleton Camp Pendleton California 92055Department of Defense(760) 725-1288
- Sharp Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.83 miles away7901 Frost St San Diego California 92123Voluntary non-profit - Private(858) 939-3400
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - ZionAcute Care Hospitals 19.88 miles away4647 Zion Ave San Diego California 92120Voluntary non-profit - Private(619) 528-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita-Encinitas Dialysis0.68 miles away332 Santa Fe Drive, Suite 100 Encinitas California 92024CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (760) 632-2323
- Fmc-La Jolla8.71 miles away4765 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 100 San Diego California 92130Dialysis Stations: 24 (858) 793-0058
- Fmc-North Coast Kidney Center10.37 miles away3300 Vista Way, Suite A Oceanside California 92056CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (760) 721-4344
- Fmc-Rancho10.57 miles away11031 via Frontera, Suite C San Diego California 92127CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (858) 385-0700
- Davita-Carmel Mountain Dialysis10.6 miles away9850 Carmel Mountain Road, a-D San Diego California 92129CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (858) 538-1083
- Fmc-Buena Creek10.79 miles away950 Hacienda Drive Vista California 92081CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (760) 631-7900
- u.s. Renal Care Oceanside Dialysis10.91 miles away2227- B El Camino Real Oceanside California 92054CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (760) 757-1838
- Davita-San Marcos Dialysis Center10.96 miles away2135 Montiel Road, Bldg. B San Marcos California 92069CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (760) 975-0170