Evergreen Bakersfield Post Acute Care

Evergreen Bakersfield Post Acute Care is an average-sized nursing home located in Bakersfield, California. This facility was given an uninspiring overall grade of D, which is a well below average grade. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in Bakersfield. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. The best thing we can really say about this place is that it didn't receive any F's in in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

While we did not have many favorable things to say about this facility's overall grade, it earned a somewhat respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent score in this area with a B-. We believe that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B-. Our nursing grade analyzes quite a few components, however, the main one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also factored in some quality-based metrics. This nursing home performed well in some of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home outpaced the national average.

We also gave this facility a respectable grade in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a C. Our short-term care grades are critical for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most facilities. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This place performed better than most facilities in this metric with 49.6 percent of its patients returning home.

The next category we analyzed was long-term care. This nursing home was given a grade of C for the area. Our long-term care ratings are more important for residents needing more conventional services related to activities of daily living. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home vaccinated 99.00333 percent of its residents, which is a very solid percentage. The last statistic we assessed was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. While it had 2.38 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was not too far off the national average.