Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley

Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley is one of five available facilities located in Walnut Creek, California. With an overall score of A-, this facility is among the more impressive facilities we looked at. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.

We also would like to point out that this facility earned an A for our nursing rating. There are a number of factors included in this area. Many of the subcategories are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This facility boasts a really impressive 4.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly skilled levels of nurses. This is among the highest totals of nursing hours we found. In addition to offering impressive levels of nursing care, this facility was also above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. For example, it performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. These statistics are generally good indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Adding to its impressive category grades, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A-. Not many nursing homes performed as well in this area. Our inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

We also would like to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was awarded an elite score of A- in our short-term care area. In our short-term care score, we attempt to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it provided more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the average facility. This is often an encouraging sign. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This place performed respectably with 47.1 percent of its residents returning home.

The next area we assessed was long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a decent grade of B-. This ended up being this nursing home's weakest area. For residents looking for a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to assessing the above average volume of care provided by nurses and other staff at this nursing home, we also were pleased by the nursing home's vaccination statistics. By way of example, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is above average. This combination proved to be successful as this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.3 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a substantially lower hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.