Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center is in Grass Valley, California. This city has a population of 44,940 people. This is a strong nursing home with a grade of B+ overall. We were pleased to find out that many of the other nursing homes in Grass Valley received similar scores. In our view, this facility is a solid choice for most people. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall score, this place also received top notch health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best grades in that category, with an A. Inspection grades are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed better than most facilities in this category. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our third area, this nursing home also received a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a life threatening condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The final category we scored is nursing, where we gave it a strong grade of B. This facility really didn't have any weak links. Our nursing rating assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place California in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a patient more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This gauges the percentage of long-term patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care. More supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of poor nursing care. However, this statistic could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 4.64% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 95.44% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Golden Empire Nursing & Rehab Center, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Grass Valley, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Grass Valley, California has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.2 miles away155 Glasson Way Grass Valley California 95945Voluntary non-profit - Other(530) 274-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Grass Valley Dialysis Center0.96 miles away36o Crown Point Circle, Suite 210 Grass Valley California 95945CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (530) 477-0734