George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf's website

300 Canal Street,
King City CA 93930

(831) 385-6000

71.25% estimated occupancy ¹

George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf is located in King City, California. With an overall rating of A-, this facility is ranked among the better facilities we assessed. We also wanted to point out that this nursing home is located in a hospital. Typically, this means that more intensive healthcare services are offered. If you scroll down, you will see this nursing home's category scores, which are also quite good.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Recreational Therapy

Facility Inspections

On top of receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home also earned excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our highest grades in that category, with an A. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving a resident more often.

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Long-term Care Quality

The next area we analyzed was long-term care. This nursing home received a very positive long-term care score, with a grade of B+ in the category. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 91.803276 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be slightly less than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

In the last category we scored, this nursing home was awarded a very favorable grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home rounded out a very impressive report card. Short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. It does not appear that this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who have experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 4.64% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 95.44% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 7.92% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 12.45% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In George L Mee Memorial Hospital D/P Snf, 79.79% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

George L Mee Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away300 Canal Street King City California 93930Voluntary non-profit - Other(831) 385-6000

Nearby Dialysis

Mee Memorial Hospital-Dialysis0.08 miles away809 Broadway Suite A King City California 93930Dialysis Stations: 9 (831) 385-6034
Soledad Dialysis Center17.96 miles away901 Los Coches Drive Soledad California 93960CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (831) 678-4310