Masonic Home
34400 Mission Blvd, Union City CA 94587 · (510) 471-3434 · 70.8% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Masonic Home is a large non-profit nursing home in Union City, California. Sporting an overall rating of A, this nursing home is ranked among the best nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. Headlining this facility's stellar profile is its nursing score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 125 Beds
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Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. The nursing rating is based on many factors, however, the most important one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provides an incredible 5.1 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing high levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With below 5 percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place California in this category.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also received a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with an A. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was dominant in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Very few nursing homes performed better in this area. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. While we determined this facility had a favorable volume of nursing hours provided by nurses aids and other nursing staff, we found its vaccine statistics to be a bit below average. It gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 76.89655 percent of its patients. This is a figure we would love to see this facility bring up. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.55 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth area, this nursing home was given a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a B+ in that area, completing one of our better report cards. Our short-term care ratings are vital for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 34.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Masonic Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients 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 is the percentage of patients that have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better