Located in La Habra, California, La Habra Convalescent Hospital is one of a mere two facilities in the city. With an A- overall grade, we rated this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the United States. We can't find many negative things to say about this facility. Its scores are impeccable. The best aspect of this facility's impressive report card is its nursing grade. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section
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La Habra Convalescent Hospital
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- Memory Care
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
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall score, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. We gave it an A in that category. There are numerous subcategories within this category. Many of these criteria reflect nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 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 terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility received an impressive short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better scores in that category with a score of B+. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is generally a fair assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category we analyzed, this nursing home was awarded a very strong grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this score, the nursing home finished off a first-rate report card. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization 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.
La Habra Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 5.65% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that sustained a fall leading to major injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 1.95% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who had UTI's. While more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 5.03% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 16.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 99.55% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 6.28% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 10.35% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 0.05 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 10.35% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 8.08% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In La Habra Convalescent Hospital, 84.55% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
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Nearby Dialysis
- Davita La Habra Dialysis0.62 miles away1611 W Whittier Blvd La Habra California 90631Dialysis Stations: 37 (562) 267-0430
- Quotidian Home Dialysis Clinic1.88 miles away511 S. Harbor Blvd, Suite T La Habra California 90631Dialysis Stations: 2 (562) 694-8520
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