Fidelity Health Care
11210 Lower Azusa Rd., El Monte CA 91731 · (626) 442-6863 · 85.55% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Fidelity Health Care is an average-sized nursing home located in El Monte, California. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. If you are not happy with this facility's subpar overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are seven other nursing homes in El Monte. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, you can continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although this facility's overall score was terrible, it actually fared pretty well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B for that area, which is one of our better scores. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Remarkably, we awarded this facility a C for our long-term care score, which really isn't a bad grade. In determining these long-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. This facility's vaccination data weren't as favorable a few of the other statistics in this category, such as its nursing hours. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 89.830505 percent of its patients. We would love to see some improvement herein this statistic next year. The last statistic we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had a relatively high 3.92 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Neither its vaccination record nor its hospitalization rate were strengths for this facility in this area.
Nurse Quality
We were surprised to find that this facility also excelled in the category of nursing. We gave it a score of D for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our nursing score includes a handful of datapoints, but the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. We do not think quantity of care is the reason for this nursing home's poor nursing score. With 4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this facility actually surpassed the national average. Despite performing well in terms of nursing hours, this nursing home did not fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This place was above the national average in both metrics.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is short-term care. It received an abysmal F for this category, which is a very poor grade. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Not surprisingly based on its score in this category, this facility was well below average in one of the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered substantially fewer registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well in this area. In fact, we found that just 20.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fidelity Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients which suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better