Gordon Lane Care Center is located in Fullerton, California, a city with a total of 134,733 people. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a quality grade. The nursing homes in Fullerton received high grades across the board with a B+ city grade, making this one of the better places in California to find a nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next section
Gordon Lane Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our nursing grade. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses spent with residents, in determining our score in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home California in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning patients more frequently.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive profile, this nursing home also performed well in the category of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that area with an B+. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility received a favorable long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a grade of B. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth category, this nursing home was given a respectable short-term care grade of C. Our short-term care scores are crucial for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 3.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gordon Lane Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 4.64% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 95.44% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gordon Lane Care Center, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Fullerton, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- 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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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