Grancell Village of the Jewish Homes for the Aging
7150 Tampa Ave, Reseda CA 91335 · (818) 774-3000 · 95.71% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Grancell Village of the Jewish Homes for the Aging is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Reseda, California. We awarded this nursing home world class overall grade of A+. In fact, it is actually the highest graded facility in Reseda. Based on our analysis, this nursing home is really as good as it gets. As you will see below, this facility performed just as well in our category ratings. In fact, we gave it straight A's!
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 105 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also fared well in our long-term care category, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the well above average volume of care provided by aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were pleased by the facility's record for vaccinations. This facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 97.30769 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. The last datapoint we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 2.32 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility an A+. We weighed the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this category. This place offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 6.9 hours per resident each day. This is more nursing care than nearly any other place provides. Lastly, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. For example, it performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was elite in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A. Only a select group of facilities received a better grade in this area. With our short-term care score, we strive to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. This place fared as well as just about any facility in the country in this area with 72.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Wrapping up this facility's impressive profile, we gave this nursing home an impressive grade of A for our inspections rating. With this grade, the facility completes its straight A report card. Inspection scores are based on data points located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grancell Village of the Jewish Homes for the Aging Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better