Los Angeles Comm Hospital

Although we didn't rate this nursing home favorably overall, we actually gave it an excellent grade in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with a list of severe deficiencies flagged. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

This nursing home's next best area ended up being long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of C. Our long-term care scores are important for prospective residents in need of non-healthcare services such as personal care. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.18033 percent of its residents, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The third category we analyzed was short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of C. In calculating our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This area is generally a reliable assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Turning to our next category, we gave this nursing home a D for our nursing category. This was the nursing home's worst category rating. Our nursing grade considers numerous subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home averaged just 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This figure is well below the national average. Unfortunately, this facility also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its weak nursing hours. For starters, we looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than twice the national average in this metric.