Located in Visalia, California, Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital is one of six available nursing homes in this city. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a relatively poor nursing home. Visalia received a city grade of B-, so there are some other options in the city worth considering. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is addressed in the next section.
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Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall score was not a highlight, it actually received a slightly more favorable grade in the category of inspections. We awarded it a B- for this area, which is a decent score. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B-. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses worked with residents, in determining our rating in this area. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, while this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did well in this statistic.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next most favorable area turned out to be long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a B-. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 92.361115 percent of its patients, which is a bit less than we were hoping for. Nevertheless, this nursing home excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the fourth area, this facility did not fare very well here either. Due to a poor grade of F in short-term care, this is about as terrible as it gets. In our short-term care score, we strive to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Based on its grade in this area, we were not stunned to learn that this facility was well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we looked at. The final measure we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.1 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 2.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients who developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 2.43% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay residents that had falls leading to severe injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 0.78% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 4.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 15.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 35.37% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 95.85% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 11.11% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 19.39% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 19.39% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 14.99% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Kaweah Manor Convalescent Hospital, 67.5% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Visalia, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- 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
Looking for more options? Visalia, California has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Kaweah Delta Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.18 miles away400 W Mineral King Ave Visalia California 93291Government - Hospital District or Authority(559) 624-2000
- Adventist Health TulareAcute Care Hospitals 6.92 miles away869 North Cherry Street Tulare California 93274Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 688-0821
- Adventist Health HanfordAcute Care Hospitals 18.68 miles away115 Mall Drive Hanford California 93230Voluntary non-profit - Private(209) 410-7200
Nearby Dialysis
- Kaweah Delta Dialysis Facility0.67 miles away5040 W. Tulare Avenue Visalia California 93277CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (559) 624-3600
- Davita-Visalia Dialysis1.11 miles away5429 W. Cypress Avenue, Suite A Visalia California 93277CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 738-9279
- Davita-Visalia Vineyard Dialysis3.18 miles away1140 South Ben Maddox Way Visalia California 93292Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 635-1938
- Davita-Tulare Dialysis7.74 miles away545 E. Tulare Avenue Tulare California 93274CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (559) 688-8991
- Davita-Exeter Dialysis10.07 miles away1116 W. Visalia Road, Suite 106 Exeter California 93221CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (559) 592-1025
- Davita-Dinuba Dialysis16.28 miles away510 E North Way Dinuba California 93618CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 595-9462
- Davita-Hanford Dialysis17.69 miles away402 W. Eighth Street Hanford California 93230CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (559) 582-5462
- Davita-Sequoia Dialysis17.94 miles away440 N. 11th Street Hanford California 93230CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (559) 587-0105