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Gardena Convalescent Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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14819 S. Vermont,
Gardena CA 90247

(310) 532-9460

83.51% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Gardena Convalescent Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Gardena Convalescent Center is a facility in Gardena, California, which has a total of 84,103 people. Sporting an overall rating of D, this is a relatively poor facility. This wasn't the worse place we looked at, but we'd still struggle to recommend it. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Meal Delivery
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Audiology

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we want to note its decent government inspections in recent years. We gave it a relatively respectable score of B- in that category. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. Our nursing grade includes many subcategories, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a low total compared to most facilities. Finally, although this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this area.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home received its next highest category grade in the area of long-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this category, which is a respectable grade. For residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Once we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 99.35065 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the next area, we gave this facility a D for short-term care. This was the nursing home's weakest category rating. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Considering its score in this area, we weren't stunned to find that this place is well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the figures we assessed. Frankly, this was about what we expected to find. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Gardena Convalescent Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 7.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who had a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 0.69% of Patients had UTIs

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 4.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 4.58% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 2.92% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 99.68% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 3.1% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 5.11% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 5.11% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 15.05% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Gardena Convalescent Center, 93.02% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Gardena, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

Looking for more options? Gardena, California has 7 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.29 miles away1680 East 120th Street Los Angeles California 90059Voluntary non-profit - Private(424) 835-6808
  • Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.51 miles away1000 W Carson St Torrance California 90502Government - Local(310) 222-2101
  • Torrance Memorial Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.47 miles away3330 Lomita Blvd Torrance California 90509Voluntary non-profit - Other(310) 325-9110
  • Del Amo HospitalPsychiatric 6.62 miles away23700 Camino Del Sol Torrance California 90505Proprietary(310) 530-1151
  • Community Hospital of Huntington ParkAcute Care Hospitals 7.4 miles away2623 E Slauson Ave Huntington Park California 90255Proprietary(323) 583-1931
  • College Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.48 miles away2776 Pacific Avenue Long Beach California 90806Proprietary(562) 595-1911
  • Lakewood Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.65 miles away3700 E South St Lakewood California 90712Proprietary(562) 602-6751
  • Pih Hospital - DowneyAcute Care Hospitals 9.51 miles away11500 Brookshire Avenue Downey California 90241Voluntary non-profit - Private(526) 904-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • u.s. Renal Care Gardena Dialysis - Redondo0.27 miles away1045 W. Redondo Beach Blvd., Suite 105 Gardena California 90247CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (310) 515-0788
  • u.s. Renal Care Gardena Dialysis - 190th2.14 miles away1149 W. 190th Street, Suite 1004 Gardena California 90248CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (310) 965-0830
  • Davita-Gateway Plaza Dialysis Center2.37 miles away1580 W. Rosecrans Avenue Compton California 90220CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (310) 631-3085
  • Davita-Hawthorne Dialysis2.98 miles away14204 Prairie Avenue Hawthorne California 90250CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (310) 349-1174
  • Davita-Imperial Dialysis3.03 miles away2738 W. Imperial Highway Inglewood California 90303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (323) 779-5399
  • Mobile Dialysis Services, Inc. (Compton)3.1 miles away801 W. Compton Blvd. Compton California 90220Dialysis Stations: 36 (310) 637-9026
  • Fmc-Rai-Compton-Los Angeles3.22 miles away11859 Compton Avenue Los Angeles California 90059CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (323) 563-1140
  • Davita-Kenneth Hahn Plaza Dialysis Center3.67 miles away11854 S. Wilmington Avenue Los Angeles California 90059CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (323) 567-5077

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