Evergreen Arvin Healthcare
323 Campus Drive, Arvin CA 93203 · (661) 854-4475 · 95.18% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Evergreen Arvin Healthcare is an average-sized nursing home located in Arvin, California. We gave this facility an overall grade of D. A grade of this caliber typically indicates some concerning datapoints. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Arvin. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 81 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it an A- for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Our inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these reports. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies linked to risks to resident well being. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second most favorable category is long-term care. We gave it a B- in this category. This is basically a slightly below average score in this area. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the highly skilled nursing and medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.3007 percent of its residents. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.11 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure was less favorable than its other scores in the long-term care area.
Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. Our nursing rating assesses several components, however, the main consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing scores also include quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed above average in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we scored is short-term care. This nursing home received an abysmal grade of F in this category. In crafting these short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. With a grade this poor in this area, we were not surprised to discover this nursing home was well below average in several staffing figures we assess. It offered far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 26.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Evergreen Arvin Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents which suffered a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents which are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better