Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek is a large nursing home located in Walnut Creek, California. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is a high-end score. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all facilities nationally. If you look below, you will see this place's category grades, which are also quite good.
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Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Long-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care rating. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.10913 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency 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
Moving on our next area, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for its short-term care score. This is a superb score. Our short-term care grades are important for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
In the last category we scored, this facility received a very favorable grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this score, the nursing home completed a first-rate report card. Nursing ratings are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these data points as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 11.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who suffered from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 0.67% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term care patients that have sustained a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 2.29% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents which experienced urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 2.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 0.7% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients exhibiting signs of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 99.55% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 9.25% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 11.41% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 11.41% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 14.38% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab - Walnut Creek, 76.58% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
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 B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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