With an address in Cupertino, California, Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio is one of only three facilities in the city. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this nursing home number 66 in the United States. This puts it in the top one percentile of all facilities. Based on our ratings, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. Keep reading to find this place's category scores, which are equally impressive. You really can't do any better than a straight A profile.
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Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A-plus
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our nursing grade assesses quite a few factors, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving a patient even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-plus
This nursing home also received an A+ for its short-term care score. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A-plus
The third category we analyzed is long-term care. This nursing home performed remarkably in our long-term care category also. We awarded them an exemplary score of A+ in this category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
Adding to its amazing profile, this nursing home has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. This made for a perfect report card for this facility. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A-minus
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 4.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: C
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 4.29% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients who experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A+
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A+
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 0% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 1.75% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A+
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 100% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A-minus
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 10.91% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: C
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 9.73% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 9.73% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: A+
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 0% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-plus
In Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio, 81.72% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
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