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Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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2707 Pine Street,
San Francisco CA 94115

(415) 563-7600

89.33% estimated occupancy 1

Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in San Francisco, California. With an overall score of B+, this looks like a high quality nursing home. Based on our assessment, you can do much worse than this place. Fortunately, this nursing home did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Colostomy Care
  • Catheter Care

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home really excelled in our short-term care rating, where it earned an A. In determining our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is frequently a reliable assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing scores are mostly tied to the facility's nurse staffing. 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This facility also performed at a high level in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with a grade of B+. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final category we analyzed was long-term care. This nursing home was given a favorable long-term care rating in our assessment, with a C. Although this isn't quite as impressive as some of its other category grades, this is nevertheless a respectable grade for that area. With our long-term care score, we weigh the sheer volume of care provided by a nursing home, as well as a series of quality statistics. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 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 18Dec 23

Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 6.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 1.55% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 1.4% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 4.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 3.25% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 100% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 7.22% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 14.08% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 14.08% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 20.64% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, 77.58% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Scores for San Francisco, CA

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

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