Gardena Convalescent Center
14819 S. Vermont, Gardena CA 90247 · (310) 532-9460 · 81.89% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Gardena Convalescent Center is a small facility in Gardena, California. With an overall rating of B, this is a fine nursing home. This place definitely has plenty working in its favor. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile was its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 74 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of earning a great overall grade, this facility performed even better in the area of inspections which is based on the facility's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we gave it an A- for this area, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a score of A- for our short-term care score. Our short-term care ratings are probably most critical for individuals requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of physical therapy per week to its residents. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it performed as well as just about any facility with 59.9 percent of its residents returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. In calculating a nursing home's nursing grade, we look at the amount of time nurses are caring for patients and the level of skill of the nurses. This facility provides a very impressive 4.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is among the more impressive figures in the nation. Lastly, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed was long-term care. This facility was awarded a grade of B- for the area. Our long-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of nursing services. This means a broad scope of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. In addition to above average nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination record is favorable as well. In fact, this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.47 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gardena Convalescent Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients who had falls resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures 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 tells you the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better