Grand Valley Health Care Center
13524 Sherman Way, Van Nuys CA 91405 · (818) 786-3470 · 89.09% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Grand Valley Health Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Van Nuys, California. With an overall rating of B, this looks like a good nursing home. You could certainly do much worse than this place. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to earning a strong overall grade, this facility fared well in short-term care. We awarded it an impressive grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. 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 percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This place outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 58.3 percent of its patients returning home. This is a much better rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
Building on its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home an B+ for our nursing rating. Nursing scores are largely tied to the facility's nurse staffing. With 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the overwhelming majority of facilities. Lastly, we also looked at nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as good indicators of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Facility Inspections
This facility earned a very good inspection report this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that area with a B. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
Our final category is long-term care, where we awarded this nursing home a B- in this category. Long-term care grades are commonly used to score a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a rehabilitation facility. On top of favorable nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination data is better than most nursing homes as well. Indeed, it vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 4.45 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number can be skewed for some facilities based on the medical complexity of patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grand Valley Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have had falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may reveal lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better