Hemet Valley Healthcare Center

It should also be noted that this nursing home's inspection score outpaced its overall score. In fact, we gave it a B+ for its inspections grade, which is one of our better scores. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B in that category, which is one of our better scores. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides an impressive 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Out of this total, nearly one fourth of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its residents sustaining falls which lead to serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as just about any nursing home we assessed.

The third category we assessed is short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of B-. In computing our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is frequently a meaningful measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. This place performed well in this metric with 56.4 percent of its residents returning home.

The final category we assessed was long-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this facility a D in that category. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.