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Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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1340 E Madison Ave,
El Cajon CA 92021

(619) 447-1020

95.65% estimated occupancy 1

Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre is an average-sized nursing home located in El Cajon, California. With an overall grade of B-, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is a good fit for quite a few people. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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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

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility earned a favorable short-term care score this year. We gave them a strong grade in that category, with a grade of B+. This is a better grade than the facility's overall score and was a boost to its overall profile. In computing these short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. When determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we look at the number of hours nurses are seeing patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a somewhat concerning figure which is well below the national average. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final area we scored is long-term care. For that category, we awarded this nursing home a C. For residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, 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.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18May 23

Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 6.29% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 3.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall which caused major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients that had urinary tract infections. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 13.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 27.59% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 98.81% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 9.37% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 11.47% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 11.47% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 10.03% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Centre, 85.94% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for El Cajon, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

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