Manorcare Health Services (Citrus Heights)
7807 Uplands Way, Citrus Heights CA 95610 · (916) 967-2929 · 89.93% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Manorcare Health Services (Citrus Heights) is a large non-profit nursing home located in Citrus Heights, California. This facility received an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average rating. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a solid choice for most people. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 162 Beds
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Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ in short-term care. This is simply as good as it gets in this area. Short-term care grades are commonly used to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This nursing home excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it provided about 50% more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than a typical facility. This is an excellent sign. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in California in this area with 57.9 percent of its patients returning home. With most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing ratings are primarily based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility boasts a really impressive 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls leading to major injury, this facility performed as well as any nursing home the country.
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize this nursing home's nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them a grade of A- in this category. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we graded was long-term care, which is a low point for this facility. We awarded this facility a grade of D for long-term care, rendering this the facility's worst category grade. We'd nevertheless recommend that you look at the bigger picture. For patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. Due to its grade in this category, we were surprised to learn that this facility had favorable subcategory scores in both nursing hours and its vaccination records. In fact, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This figure is actually higher than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.52 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Manorcare Health Services (Citrus Heights) Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs 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. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better