Marian Medical Center D/P Snf is an average-sized hospital-based facility located in Santa Maria, California. This facility was given an A- overall, which is very favorable rating. Based on our ratings, this nursing home is just about as as good as it gets. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph
Marian Medical Center D/P Snf
Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
1530 E Cypress Wy,
Santa Maria CA 93454
87.78% estimated occupancy 1
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Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. We weighed the licensure of nurses at the facility, as well as the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our rating in this area. This facility boasts a really impressive 6.1 hours of nursing care per patient daily, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly skilled levels of nurses. This is one of the higher totals of nursing hours we were able to find. On top of providing high levels of nursing care, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls resulting in major injury, this facility performed as well as any nursing home the nation.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of A+ for its short-term care grade. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to forge a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is it provides more than seven hours of care per week from registered nurses to each resident. This is really the gold standard in this area, as it's about 50% higher than the typical place's level of registered nurse staffing. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in California in this area with 69.9 percent of its patients returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
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Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best grades in that category, with a grade of A-. Our inspection ratings are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a decent grade of C. This was this facility's least impressive area. Our long-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of care. This means a broad range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. In addition to above average nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination records are better than most nursing homes also. Indeed, this nursing home vaccinated 97.695854 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This combination proved to be effective as this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.37 hospitalizations 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.
Marian Medical Center D/P Snf Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 7.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 1.66% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 1.19% of Patients had UTIs
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who sustained UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 9.98% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 13.87% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term care patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 4.32% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 96.21% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 8.35% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 14.01% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 1.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 14.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 9.82 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Marian Medical Center D/P Snf, 79.69% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Santa Maria, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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