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Heritage Rehabilitation Center

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  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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21414 S. Vermont Avenue,
Torrance CA 90502

(310) 320-8714

67.45% estimated occupancy 1

Heritage Rehabilitation Center is in Torrance, California. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this facility is ranked among the more impressive nursing homes we looked at. If you take a look at the other options in Torrance, we suspect you will find this place to be a better option than most of the nursing homes in the city. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also impressive. It would be hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Catheter Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. The nursing grade assesses several factors, however, the primary one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning residents more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also fared very well in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Our short-term care grades are vital for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. This means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

Another strong feature for this facility is that it excelled in inspections, with a grade of B in that category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite insignificant. 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

Grade: B

Switching gears to the next area, this facility was given an excellent long-term care rating. Even though this was not nearly as good as a few of its other scores, this remains one of the more impressive scores we offer. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly can be a life or death condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18May 23

Heritage Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 1.84% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced UTI's. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 10.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 13.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 5.83% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 95.65% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 8.26% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 10.41% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 1.78 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 10.41 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 11.34 Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Rehabilitation Center, 79.12% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Scores for Torrance, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

Looking for more options? Torrance, California has 5 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Torrance Memorial Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.37 miles away3330 Lomita Blvd Torrance California 90509Voluntary non-profit - Other(310) 325-9110
  • Del Amo HospitalPsychiatric 3.45 miles away23700 Camino Del Sol Torrance California 90505Proprietary(310) 530-1151
  • College Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.88 miles away2776 Pacific Avenue Long Beach California 90806Proprietary(562) 595-1911
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.73 miles away1680 East 120th Street Los Angeles California 90059Voluntary non-profit - Private(424) 835-6808
  • St Mary Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.09 miles away1050 Linden Ave Long Beach California 90813Voluntary non-profit - Church(562) 491-9000
  • Lakewood Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.28 miles away3700 E South St Lakewood California 90712Proprietary(562) 602-6751
  • Community Hospital of Huntington ParkAcute Care Hospitals 11.3 miles away2623 E Slauson Ave Huntington Park California 90255Proprietary(323) 583-1931

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita-Harbor Ucla0.1 miles away21602 S. Vermont Avenue Torrance California 90502CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (310) 533-0413
  • Davita-Carson Dialysis0.85 miles away1309 E. Carson Street Carson California 90745CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (310) 513-1427
  • u.s. Renal Care Carson Dialysis1.85 miles away930 East Dominguez Street, Suite A Carson California 90746CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (310) 532-5100
  • Fmc-Carson1.93 miles away20710 S. Leapwood Avenue, Suite F Carson California 90746Dialysis Stations: 11 (310) 323-8997
  • u.s. Renal Care Gardena Dialysis - 190th2.22 miles away1149 W. 190th Street, Suite 1004 Gardena California 90248CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (310) 965-0830
  • Fmc-South Bay Home Therapy3 miles away1223 Pacific Coast Highway Harbor City California 90710Dialysis Stations: 6 (310) 325-0416
  • Fmc-South Bay3.04 miles away1221 Pacific Coast Highway Harbor City California 90710CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (310) 539-1221
  • u.s. Renal Care Lomita Dialysis3.18 miles away1830 Lomita Blvd. Lomita California 90717CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (310) 530-7796

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=056308