Highland Springs Care Center
1441 Michigan Avenue, Beaumont CA 92223 · (951) 769-2500 · 96.32% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Beaumont, California, Highland Springs Care Center is one of just three available nursing homes in this area. This facility was given an overall grade of D, which is a well below average grade. This nursing home seems to have very little working in its favor. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was long-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 87 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
While we were not high on this facility overall, we gave it a B- for our long-term care rating. With our long-term care assessment, we focus more on the sheer volume of care provided by a facility, as well as a series of quality statistics. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.3311 percent of its patients, which is a very solid percentage. The last statistic we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 3.09 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this figure is somewhat concerning, this number can be skewed for some facilities based on the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Short-term Care Quality
This facilities next best area was short-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this area. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of physical therapy per week to its residents. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. It outperformed the majority of nursing homes in this area with 51 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility actually received a solid government inspection report this year as well. It received one of our better grades in that area with a grade of B-. We were surprised this nursing home received three category grades of this caliber. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the last category, this facility received a grade of B- for nursing, which is a decent grade. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This facility provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home was above average in several of the major data points we focus on, with good scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Highland Springs Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of quality of care.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of 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 is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better