French Park Care Center
600 E Washington Avenue, Santa Ana CA 92701 · (714) 973-1656 · 87.02% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
French Park Care Center is one of eight nursing homes located in Santa Ana, California. With an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. Santa Ana received a city grade of B-, so there are other options in the city worth considering. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 202 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Although we graded this nursing home extremely poorly overall, it received a somewhat respectable nursing score this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. There are numerous subcategories included in this grade. Many of these datapoints reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. According to CMS records, this place averaged 5.1 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Keep in mind that when we calculate our nursing grades, we apply more weight to hours performed by nurses with a higher level of training. Although this nursing home excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it fell short in some of the metrics that related to quality. This place's nursing rating was pulled down by its weak performance in the area of minimizing pressure ulcers. In fact, we found that 12.7 percent of this nursing home's patients were suffering from pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
Incredibly, we gave this facility a B- for its long-term care score, which is not a bad grade. In the category of long-term care, we look at the amount of services provided by a facility, rather than more sophisticated services. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. The last datapoint we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 4.85 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this figure is somewhat concerning, this number may be skewed for some facilities based on the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the area of short-term care, this facility received just a D in this category. Short-term care grades are often used to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Not surprisingly, we found that this facility offers significantly less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical nursing home. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 41.4 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Turning the final category of inspections, this nursing home really did not fare well. It received an F in our inspection category. This is the most heavily weighted category in our overall scoring system. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection rating. We recommend you pay close attention to the level of severity of the deficiencies. This particular facility was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they caused a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 23 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
French Park Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
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 indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
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 is the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better