Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facility
911 Sunset Drive, Hollister CA 95023 · (831) 637-5711 · 78.31% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facility is the only facility we found in Hollister, California. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the highest-rated nursing homes we found. A grade in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. If you scroll down, you will see this facility's category scores, which are also impressive.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 119 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. When computing our nursing grades, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This facility provides an incredible 4.8 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Out of that total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to offering high levels of care, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. For example, it performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. These datapoints are generally reliable measures of the quality of nursing care a nursing home offers.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that area with a score of A. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its high-end profile, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent short-term care score, with a score of A. In determining our short-term care ratings, we size up a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is considered to be a solid measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Remarkably, this nursing home provides about 50% more services from physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is a very favorable sign. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 43 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
In our final area, we gave this nursing home an A for our long-term care grade. This completed a very impressive report card. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the impressive level of care provided by nurses and other staff at this facility, we also were pleased by the facility's vaccination data. By way of example, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. This combination proved to be effective as this place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.51 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better