Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf is an average-sized hospital-based nursing home located in Lompoc, California. This facility received an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable rating. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities in the country. This facility was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: B-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Offers Post-Acute Care
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Radiation Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home excelled in the category of short-term care, where it earned an A. Few facilities fared better in this category. In determining our short-term care scores, we size up a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is typically a meaningful measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
Grade: A-minus
Adding to its impressive category grades, we gave this nursing home an A- for inspections. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor dings aren't the end of the world.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A-minus
This facility received even higher grades in the area of nursing. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: C
The final area we analyzed is long-term care, in which this facility received a grade of C. Although this ended up being its least impressive category score, this is still not a terrible score. Long-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of nursing services. This includes a broad range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 91.13924 percent of its residents. This is a few points lower than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B-plus
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 6.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that suffered from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B-plus
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 2.22% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: F
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 7.72% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which experienced a UTI. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: C
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 18.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 15.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care patients that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 3.55% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: C
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 89.43% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: C
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 19.64% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-plus
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 18.5% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 18.5% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 12.52% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-plus
In Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comp Care Center D/P Snf, 82.81% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Lompoc Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.3 miles away1515 E Ocean Avenue Lompoc California 93436Government - Hospital District or Authority(805) 737-3300
- Santa Ynez Valley Cottage HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.34 miles away2050 Viborg Rd Solvang California 93463Voluntary non-profit - Private(805) 688-6431
Nearby Dialysis
- Lompoc Artificial Kidney Center, LLC1.01 miles away127 W. Pine Avenue Lompoc California 93436CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (805) 740-2000
- Davita Central Coast Kidney Center19.12 miles away2263 S. Depot Street Santa Maria California 93455CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (805) 349-8600
