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Palms Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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1010 Ventura Avenue,
Chowchilla CA 93610

(559) 665-4826

84.46% estimated occupancy 1

Palms Care Center is a small facility located in Chowchilla, California. This nursing home received an F, which is really a bottom of the barrel score in our grading scheme. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Chowchilla. The city has just one other nursing home. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss long-term care 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
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Colostomy Care
  • Catheter Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B- for our long-term care rating. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this facility provided the vaccine to just 77.55102 percent of its residents, which is quite a bit lower than we expected. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home really excelled in nursing, where it received an C. Few facilities performed better in this category. Our nursing rating is largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This place averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is well below average. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: D

This nursing home did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. In fact, it only received a grade of D for its inspection grade. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home had 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, we would like to point out that this place was assessed significant government fines amounting to over $100,000. This generally means that a poor performance has been an issue for several years.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final category we looked at was short-term care. We gave it an F in this area, which is a very poor grade. Our short-term care grades are crucial for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Palms Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Palms Care Center, 10.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Palms Care Center, 2.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a fall which resulted in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Palms Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic could be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Palms Care Center, 7.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Palms Care Center, 12.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Palms Care Center, 5.06% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Palms Care Center, 73.24% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Palms Care Center, 2.42% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Palms Care Center, 2.31% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term residents that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Palms Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Palms Care Center, 2.31% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Palms Care Center, 20.33% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Palms Care Center, 70.29% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mercy Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.65 miles away333 Mercy Avenue Merced California 95340Voluntary non-profit - Private(209) 564-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Madera Kidney Center15.25 miles away1560 Country Club Rd Madera California 93638CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (559) 673-5259
  • North Madera Dialysis15.73 miles away720 N. I St. Madera California 93637Dialysis Stations: 22 (559) 664-8780
  • North Merced Dialysis Center17.21 miles away3393 G Street, Bld a Siute A Merced California 95340CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (209) 723-0013
  • Almond-Wood Dialysis17.38 miles away501 E Almond Avenue Madera California 93637CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (559) 664-9252
  • Merced East Dialysis18.04 miles away464 East Yosemite Avenue Ste B Merced California 95340Dialysis Stations: 12 (209) 205-1126
  • Satellite Dialysis Merced19.16 miles away3376 North Highway 59 Suite I Merced California 95348CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (209) 383-7370

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=055047