Freedom Village Healthcare Center is one of just a couple nursing homes in Lake Forest, California. This nursing home turns out to be an A+ rated facility. Receiving an A+ in our rating system takes superb scores across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top five percentile of all nursing homes in the nation. As you will find below, this nursing home performed just as well in our category grades. We gave it a straight A report card!
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Freedom Village Healthcare Center
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned an A+ in short-term care. This is as good as it gets in this area. Short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to be awarded several A+ category grades. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. The nursing grade analyzes several subcategories, most of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless government inspection. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. With this impressive grade, this place is one of the few facilities in California to earn straight A's. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. 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.
Freedom Village Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 6.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 4.82% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care patients that have experienced urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 1.12% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that are prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 16.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 4.49% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 5.56% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 8.28% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels. Some believe that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 8.28% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 18.55% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Freedom Village Healthcare Center, 96.7% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
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