High Valley Lodge
7912 Topley Lane, Sunland CA 91040 · (818) 352-3158 · 98.4% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
High Valley Lodge is a nursing home located in Sunland, California. This city has a population of 20,372 people. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this looks like a very good facility. This facility truly has plenty of good features. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 50 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We also found that this nursing home excelled in long-term care. We gave them an A+ in this area. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.96373 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death health condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.49 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. 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 deficiencies are quite minor. This place was hit with 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. In determining a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses are caring for patients and the level of skill of those nurses. This place provided just 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a relatively low total compared to most facilities. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this area. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving patients even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at is short-term care, which is this facility's worst area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that area. However, you should not assess this facility based solely on this area, since it was given many very strong scores in other categories. In determining our short-term care scores, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is considered to be a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
High Valley Lodge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better