Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre is a senior living facility in El Cajon, California. The city has a total of 165,433 people. With an overall score of D, this is a relatively poor nursing home. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in El Cajon. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we did not have many favorable things to say about this nursing home's overall score, it earned a somewhat respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in this area with a B-. We believe that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Nursing grades are primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This particular facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This figure is far below the national average. Lastly, nursing scores also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its residents.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next most favorable category we gave this facility in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. Our short-term care grades are critical for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. It offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist 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 considered the number of residents that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth category, this facility was given a respectable long-term care grade of B-. In forming our long-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's personal care services. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinates 99.65753 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay residents that have experienced falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who have sustained a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay patients which are administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 4.64% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 95.44% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for El Cajon, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? El Cajon, California has 11 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
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- Alvarado Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.26 miles away6655 Alvarado Road San Diego California 92120Proprietary(619) 229-3172
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - ZionAcute Care Hospitals 9.41 miles away4647 Zion Ave San Diego California 92120Voluntary non-profit - Private(619) 528-5000
- Paradise Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.56 miles away2400 East 4th St National City California 91950Proprietary(619) 470-4321
- Sharp Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.8 miles away7901 Frost St San Diego California 92123Voluntary non-profit - Private(858) 939-3400
- Nmc San DiegoAcute Care - Department of Defense 13.06 miles away34800 Bob Wilson Drive San Diego California 92134Department of Defense(619) 532-6400
- Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.47 miles away751 Medical Center Court Chula Vista California 91911Proprietary(619) 502-5800
- Scripps Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.55 miles away4077 5th Ave San Diego California 92103Voluntary non-profit - Private(619) 294-8111
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc-Balboa East County0.15 miles away570 N. Second Street El Cajon California 92021CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (619) 588-7500
- Fmc-Rai-Fletcher Parkway-El Cajon2.33 miles away858 Fletcher Parkway El Cajon California 92020CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (619) 442-4122
- Fmc-La Mesa Dialysis Center3.87 miles away5995 Severin Drive La Mesa California 91942CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (619) 462-9992
- Davita-College Dialysis7.66 miles away6535 University Avenue San Diego California 92115CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (619) 287-8796
- Fmc-Dialysis Services of College7.88 miles away5961 University Avenue Suite 317 San Diego California 92115CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (619) 286-0821
- Fmc-Rai-Mission Gorge San Diego9.12 miles away7007 Mission Gorge Road, 1st Floor San Diego California 92120CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (619) 229-1070
- Fmc-Dialysis Services of Paradise9.9 miles away6919 Paradise Valley Road San Diego California 92139CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (619) 475-2872
- Fmc-East Lakes10.05 miles away2391 Boswell Road Chula Vista California 91914CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (619) 397-0939