Granada Rehabilitation & Wellness Center
2885 Harris Street, Eureka CA 95503 · (707) 443-1627 · 86.43% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Granada Rehabilitation & Wellness Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Eureka, California. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is one of the most impressive ratings we offer. A grade of this caliber requires superb scores across the board. This is the best nursing home in Eureka. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its long-term care rating. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 87 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall score, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care rating. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.13 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we assessed was short-term care. Contributing to its superb profile, this facility also excelled in that area. In fact, we awarded it a of A- for that category. With our short-term care grade, we seek to create a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Remarkably, this nursing home offers its residents at least 50% more physical therapist hours per week than the typical nursing home. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in California in this area with 63.1 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, at most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we scored ended up being this facility's weakest category. Nevertheless, even its weakest link would be a strength for many nursing homes. In fact, we awarded it a favorable grade of B in nursing. Nursing ratings are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides an impressive 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, this place also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any facility the country in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We look at these areas as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care offered.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Granada Rehabilitation & Wellness Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better