Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio
23600 via Esplendor, Cupertino CA 95014 · (650) 944-0200 · 91.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Health Care Center at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio is one of only three available facilities in Cupertino, California. We awarded this nursing home an overall rating of A+, making it the highest graded nursing home in Cupertino. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. Scroll down to see this place's category scores, which also impressed us. You really can't do much better than a straight A profile.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. The nursing grade features a variety of factors. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This place boasts a really impressive 4.6 hours of nursing care per patient each day, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly skilled levels of nurses. This is among the better totals of nursing hours we found. In addition to offering impressive levels of nursing care, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, it performed as well as any facility in California in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded an A+ short-term care grade, rendering it one of the few facilities to be given several A+ category grades. In forming these short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to formulate a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. This facility excelled at the highest level in two key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it offered about 50% more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is usually an excellent sign. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in California in this area with 60.7 percent of its residents returning home. With most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also earned a nearly flawless government inspection report. It earned one of our highest scores in that category with a grade of A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. 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.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category we assessed, this nursing home was awarded an impressive grade grade of A in our long-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home topped off a straight A report card. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After considering the very impressive nursing hours provided by this nursing home, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.76 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall 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
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks 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 tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better