Lakeside Special Care Center is a facility located in Lakeside, California. This city has a population of 41,281 people. This facility was given an overall grade of D, which is a lower end grade. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Lakeside. The best thing we can say about this place is that it didn't receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. More information about these categories is available below.
Lakeside Special Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: Lakeside Special Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we wanted to note its decent government inspections in recent years. We gave it a somewhat respectable score of B- in this area. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Our nursing grade is largely tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a somewhat discouraging figure which is well below average. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next most favorable category we awarded this facility in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services To offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was long-term care. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. In computing these long-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lakeside Special Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term care patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 4.64% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 95.44% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lakeside Special Care Center, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Grossmont HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.71 miles away5555 Grossmont Center Drive Box 58 La Mesa California 91942Government - Hospital District or Authority(619) 465-0711
- Alvarado Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.8 miles away6655 Alvarado Road San Diego California 92120Proprietary(619) 229-3172
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - ZionAcute Care Hospitals 10.2 miles away4647 Zion Ave San Diego California 92120Voluntary non-profit - Private(619) 528-5000
- Pomerado HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.22 miles away15615 Pomerado Road Poway California 92064Government - Hospital District or Authority(858) 485-6511
- Sharp Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.21 miles away7901 Frost St San Diego California 92123Voluntary non-profit - Private(858) 939-3400
- Paradise Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.34 miles away2400 East 4th St National City California 91950Proprietary(619) 470-4321
- Scripps Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.83 miles away4077 5th Ave San Diego California 92103Voluntary non-profit - Private(619) 294-8111
- Nmc San DiegoAcute Care - Department of Defense 14.84 miles away34800 Bob Wilson Drive San Diego California 92134Department of Defense(619) 532-6400
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc-Balboa East County3.69 miles away570 N. Second Street El Cajon California 92021CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (619) 588-7500
- Fmc-Rai-Fletcher Parkway-El Cajon3.92 miles away858 Fletcher Parkway El Cajon California 92020CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (619) 442-4122
- Fmc-La Mesa Dialysis Center5.93 miles away5995 Severin Drive La Mesa California 91942CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (619) 462-9992
- Fmc-Dialysis Services of College9.67 miles away5961 University Avenue Suite 317 San Diego California 92115CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (619) 286-0821
- Davita-College Dialysis9.74 miles away6535 University Avenue San Diego California 92115CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (619) 287-8796
- Fmc-Rai-Mission Gorge San Diego9.76 miles away7007 Mission Gorge Road, 1st Floor San Diego California 92120CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (619) 229-1070
- Home Dialysis Therapies of San Diego-North11.28 miles away10672 Wexford Street, Suite 250 San Diego California 92131Dialysis Stations: 1 (858) 549-3400
- Childrens Hospital of San Diego11.81 miles away3020 Childrens Way, Mc 5115 San Diego California 92123Dialysis Stations: 5 (858) 966-8882