Located in Walnut Creek, California, Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley is one of five available facilities in this city. This nursing home proved to be a grade A facility, which is a dominant grade. In fact, this facility has the distinction of being one of the top 100 facilities in California. This is an impressive accomplishment in a state with a long list of elite nursing homes. As you will see below, this nursing home performed equally well in our category ratings. We give this place two thumbs up!
Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One key factor 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 insignificant. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our third area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for its short-term care grade. This is a dominant rating. In the category of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our next category, this facility received a strong nursing rating. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in this area, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. Our nursing rating is primarily based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 4.64% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 95.44% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation-Ygnacio Valley, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Walnut Creek, 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
Looking for more options? Walnut Creek, California has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusAcute Care Hospitals 0.19 miles away1601 Ygnacio Valley Rd Walnut Creek California 94598Voluntary non-profit - Other(925) 939-3000
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut CreekAcute Care Hospitals 1.61 miles away1425 S Main Street Walnut Creek California 94596Voluntary non-profit - Private(925) 295-4000
- John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusAcute Care Hospitals 4.92 miles away2540 East St Concord California 94520Voluntary non-profit - Private(925) 682-8200
- John Muir Behavioral Health CenterPsychiatric 5.07 miles away2740 Grant Street Concord California 94524Voluntary non-profit - Private(925) 674-4101
- Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.11 miles away2500 Alhambra Avenue Martinez California 94553Government - Local(925) 370-5000
- San Ramon Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.65 miles away6001 Norris Canyon Road San Ramon California 94583Proprietary(925) 275-9200
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampAcute Care Hospitals 12.09 miles away2450 Ashby Avenue Berkeley California 94705Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 204-4444
- Highland HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.68 miles away1411 East 31st Street Oakland California 94602Government - Hospital District or Authority(510) 437-4800
Nearby Dialysis
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- Concord Dialysis Center8.55 miles away2300 Stanwell Drive Suite C Concord California 94520CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (925) 677-7492
- Delta View Dialysis Center11.32 miles away1150 E Leland Road Pittsburg California 94565CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (925) 427-0867