Grand Valley Health Care Center is a facility located in Van Nuys, California, a city with 166,616 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of D. A score in this range generally suggests some red flags. If you are not satisfied with this facility's mediocre overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are five other nursing homes in Van Nuys. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Grand Valley Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Grand Valley Health Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this facility well overall, we would like to point out its decent health inspections in recent years. We gave it a somewhat respectable grade of B- in this area. Inspection ratings are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a relatively low total compared with most other nursing homes. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a middle of the pack grade in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is still important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed was long-term care. For this category, we awarded this facility a grade of C. Long-term care ratings are essential for residents looking for non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility gave the vaccine to 97.13115 percent of its patients, which is an above average statistic. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grand Valley Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 6.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 2.05% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term patients that have sustained falls leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 2.61% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 14.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 9.91% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 97.13% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 14.01% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the deterioration of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 17.87% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 17.87% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 6.96% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Grand Valley Health Care Center, 75.68% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living generally correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Van Nuys, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Van Nuys, California has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Sherman Oaks HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.08 miles away4929 Van Nuys Blvd Sherman Oaks California 91403Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 981-7111
- Pacifica Hospital of the ValleyAcute Care Hospitals 3.27 miles away9449 San Fernando Rd Sun Valley California 91352Proprietary(818) 767-3310
- Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.72 miles away15031 Rinaldi St Mission Hills California 91346Voluntary non-profit - Church(818) 365-8051
- Northridge Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.21 miles away18300 Roscoe Blvd Northridge California 91325Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 885-8500
- Providence Tarzana Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.28 miles away18321 Clark Street Tarzana California 91356Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 881-0800
- Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 6.51 miles away501 South Buena Vista Street Burbank California 91505Voluntary non-profit - Church(818) 843-5111
- Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.71 miles away14445 Olive View Drive Sylmar California 91342Voluntary non-profit - Other(818) 364-1555
- Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.17 miles away8700 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles California 90048Voluntary non-profit - Other(310) 423-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- u.s. Renal Care Van Nuys Dialysis1 miles away14624 Sherman Way, Suite 106 Van Nuys California 91405CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (818) 994-2333
- Davita Van Nuys Dialysis1.14 miles away14434 Sherman Way Van Nuys California 91405Dialysis Stations: 37 (818) 787-8225
- Davita-Valley Dialysis Center1.7 miles away6840 Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 101 Van Nuys California 91405CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (818) 779-1450
- u.s. Renal Care Panorama City Dialysis1.87 miles away14600 Roscoe Blvd. Panorama City California 91402CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (818) 901-9822
- Davita-North Hollywood Dialysis2.07 miles away12126 Victory Blvd. North Hollywood California 91606CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (818) 980-5070
- Fmc-Van Nuys2.16 miles away14812 Oxnard Street Van Nuys California 91411CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (818) 781-7888
- Laurel Canyon Dialysis, LLC2.46 miles away8987 Laurel Canyon Blvd. Sun Valley California 91352CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (818) 771-9950
- u.s. Renal Care Sherman Oaks Dialysis3.1 miles away4955 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 111 Sherman Oaks California 91403Dialysis Stations: 18 (818) 285-5913