Heritage Rehabilitation Center
21414 S. Vermont Avenue, Torrance CA 90502 · (310) 320-8714 · 79.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Heritage Rehabilitation Center is a large facility located in Torrance, California. With an overall grade of A-, this facility is one of the higher-rated nursing homes we assessed. In our view, this place ought to be a wonderful choice for just about anybody. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing score, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 161 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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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. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. With 4.8 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this nursing home surpassed the overwhelming majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed as well as any facility the nation in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its top-shelf profile, this facility also received an excellent short-term care score, with a grade of A. Our short-term care ratings are probably most important for people needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community. We found that this nursing home was above average with 55.6 percent of its patients able to return home.
Facility Inspections
Another strong feature for this facility is that it excelled in inspections, with a B in that category. It outperformed most facilities in this category. Our inspection ratings are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed was long-term care. This facility received a strong nursing grade this year, with a B. Although this wasn't quite as good as many of its other scores, this is nevertheless one of the stronger scores in that category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. One of the criteria we considered on top of this nursing home's impressive nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly. The last datapoint we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 2.35 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of 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
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better