Long Beach Healthcare Center
3401 Cedar Avenue, Long Beach CA 90807 · (562) 426-4461 · 85.77% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Long Beach Healthcare Center is a facility located in Long Beach, California which has 471,952 people. With an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end facility. Based on our assessment, you'd be better off to avoid of this place. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 154 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We did not have many positive things to say about this nursing home's overall grade or its category scores. This place's best category came in nursing. Nevertheless, with a grade of just D in this category, it still performed relatively badly. There are quite a few criteria included in this category. Most of these criteria reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. Unfortunately, this place also had abysmal scores in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percent of residents suffering pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This facility was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this metric.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home's next highest score is long-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this area, it still fared relatively poorly. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 93.20988 percent of its residents. This is slightly below what we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Unfortunately, this nursing home's hospitalization rate was also a cause for concern. We found that this nursing home had 2.15 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an alarming rate.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a lowly F for its inspection score. This is a particularly important category. Scores in this range often point to red flags on the nursing home's inspections. For places that received this bad of an inspection rating, we recommend scrutinizing the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular nursing home was hit with one category J through K deficiency, which rank among the worst categories of deficiencies. Finally, this facility also received 13 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we scored was short-term care. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that area. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This score is generally a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Given its abysmal rating in this category, we weren't surprised to learn this facility provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 26.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Long Beach Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better