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Forest Hill

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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551 Gibson Avenue,
Pacific Grove CA 93950

(831) 298-6960

100% estimated occupancy 1

Forest Hill is a small non-profit facility located in Pacific Grove, California. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the top 50 facilities in California. At the end of the day, this facility should be a great choice for most people. This also wound up being a very consistent facility with consistently strong grades in all of our categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Top Nursing Home in California badge

Top Nursing Home in California Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Pacific Grove, California badge

Best Nursing Home in Pacific Grove, California Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in California badge

Top Nursing Home in California Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Pacific Grove, California badge

Best Nursing Home in Pacific Grove, California Awards 2020

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. We assessed the licensure of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home also was given a very impressive long-term care grade. Indeed, this turned out to be this nursing home's second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of A. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Contributing to its high-end resume, this facility also received a dominant short-term care grade, with a grade of A. In crafting our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to formulate a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Turning to our inspection category, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspections. We gave it an A for that category. This topped off this place's straight A report card. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that 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, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Forest Hill Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Forest Hill, 8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients which suffer from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Forest Hill, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients that had falls which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Forest Hill, 24.14% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Forest Hill, 20% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Forest Hill, 13.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Forest Hill, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Forest Hill, 100% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Forest Hill, 20% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Forest Hill, 15.68% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Forest Hill, 78.49% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Salinas Valley Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.28 miles away450 East Romie Lane Salinas California 93901Voluntary non-profit - Other(831) 757-4333
  • Natividad Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.68 miles away1441 Constitution Boulevard Salinas California 93906Government - Hospital District or Authority(831) 755-4195

Nearby Dialysis

  • Monterey Peninsula Dialysis3.37 miles away2066 North Fremont Blvd Monterey California 93940CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (831) 655-6950
  • Davita Marina Dialysis7.01 miles away930 2nd Avenue Marina California 93933Dialysis Stations: 24 (831) 384-7849
  • Laurel Meadows Dialysis Center14.43 miles away3 Rossi Circle, Ste A Salinas California 93907CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (831) 424-5726
  • Laurel Meadows Home Training14.43 miles away3 Rossi Circle, Ste B Salinas California 93907Dialysis Stations: 5 (831) 757-4360
  • Salinas Dialysis Center15.7 miles away955 Blanco Circle, Ste. #C Salinas California 93901CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (831) 758-6222