Katherine Healthcare is a small nursing home located in Salinas, California. This facility is one of the best nursing homes we looked at. It received one of the most impressive ratings that we offer. We simply can't say enough favorable things about this nursing home. This also wound up being a very consistent nursing home with consistently strong scores in all of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Katherine Healthcare
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- Independent Living
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our nursing score analyzes many subcategories, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also performed well in the area of long-term care, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. For residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 91.58878 percent of its residents. This is slightly less than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also would like to note the fact that this facility received an elite grade of A in our short-term care area. Our short-term care grades are meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home has received near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. This is one of the few facilities in the country to receive an A- or better in all four categories. 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 the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Katherine Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Katherine Healthcare, 2.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Katherine Healthcare, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who have sustained falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Katherine Healthcare, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Katherine Healthcare, 2.02% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Katherine Healthcare, 12.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Katherine Healthcare, 0.99% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Katherine Healthcare, 94.04% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Katherine Healthcare, 21.35% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Katherine Healthcare, 20.29% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Katherine Healthcare, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Katherine Healthcare, 20.29% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Katherine Healthcare, 8.08% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Katherine Healthcare, 85.84% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Salinas, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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