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Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital

Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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533 S. Fairfax Ave,
Los Angeles CA 90036

(323) 931-1061

92.15% estimated occupancy ¹

Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital is a nursing home located in Los Angeles, California which has a total of 2,378,448 people. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this nursing home is among the more impressive nursing homes we assessed. Not surprisingly, this proved to be one of the 10 highest graded facilities in Los Angeles. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which you can find in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
No Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

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Short-term Care Quality

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled at short-term care, where it received an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

This facility has earned near flawless government inspections recently. We awarded them an A- in this category. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

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Nurse Quality

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. The nursing grade includes a handful of components, but the primary one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

The next category we scored is long-term care, in which this nursing home received a grade of B. Although this turned out to be its poorest category score, this is nevertheless an impressive score. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a life or death ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, 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.

Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 1.84% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who had UTI's. While more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 10.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 13.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 5.83% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may indicate a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 95.65% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 8.26% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 10.41% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 1.78 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 10.41 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 11.34 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital, 79.12% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Los Angeles, CA

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

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