Harbor Post Acute Care Center is a nursing home located in Torrance, California. The city has 174,353 people. With an overall rating of C, this is likely a decent facility. This nursing home seems to have some things working in its favor. We were also pleased to discover that this facility was consistent in each of the other areas we looked at. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Harbor Post Acute Care Center
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
On top of having a decent overall grade, we also wanted to note that this nursing home received favorable nursing marks this year. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a B+. This proved to be the facility's top grade. In determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the number of hours nurses commit to patients as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This facility provided 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.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also excelled in inspections, where it received an B+. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facilities next best category is long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this area. This is essentially a slightly below average grade in this area. Our long-term care scores are crucial for residents requiring non-healthcare services such as personal care. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed is short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of C in that category. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The more important thing is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Harbor Post Acute Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 4.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 1.65% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced falls which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 0% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 14.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 1.72% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 100% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 3.93% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 8.76% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients who retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 8.76% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 4.79% of Patients
This metric tracks 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 Harbor Post Acute Care Center, 80.17% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Torrance, 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
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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Nearby Hospitals
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- St Mary Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.05 miles away1050 Linden Ave Long Beach California 90813Voluntary non-profit - Church(562) 491-9000
- Lakewood Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.3 miles away3700 E South St Lakewood California 90712Proprietary(562) 602-6751
- Community Hospital of Huntington ParkAcute Care Hospitals 11.38 miles away2623 E Slauson Ave Huntington Park California 90255Proprietary(323) 583-1931
Nearby Dialysis
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- u.s. Renal Care Carson Dialysis1.87 miles away930 East Dominguez Street, Suite A Carson California 90746CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (310) 532-5100
- Fmc-Carson1.96 miles away20710 S. Leapwood Avenue, Suite F Carson California 90746Dialysis Stations: 11 (310) 323-8997
- u.s. Renal Care Gardena Dialysis - 190th2.31 miles away1149 W. 190th Street, Suite 1004 Gardena California 90248CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (310) 965-0830
- Fmc-South Bay Home Therapy2.91 miles away1223 Pacific Coast Highway Harbor City California 90710Dialysis Stations: 6 (310) 325-0416
- Fmc-South Bay2.95 miles away1221 Pacific Coast Highway Harbor City California 90710CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (310) 539-1221
- u.s. Renal Care Lomita Dialysis3.1 miles away1830 Lomita Blvd. Lomita California 90717CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (310) 530-7796