Golden Hill Post Acute Care is an average-sized nursing home located in San Diego, California. Featuring an overall score of B-, this is likely a middle of the road facility. The facilities in San Diego received quality grades across the board with a city grade of a B. The best part of this place's report card is is its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Golden Hill Post Acute Care
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
- Lymphedema Care
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Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an B. Few places performed better in this category. Our nursing grade is largely based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a middle of the road score in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a C. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is typically a meaningful measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of C in that area. Our long-term care grade assesses a nursing home's personal care instead of the highly skilled nursing and healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 96.25851 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Hill Post Acute Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 4.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 1.02% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 1.07% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 5.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 25.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents which were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 4.37% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 96.17% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 4.68% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 11.49% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 11.49% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Golden Hill Post Acute Care, 17.15% 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 Hill Post Acute Care, 85.58% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for San Diego, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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