Mid-Wilshire Health Care Cntr

It should also be noted that this facility's nursing grade outpaced its overall score. We awarded it a B+ for its nursing grade, which is one of our better scores. Our nursing grade is primarily tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a resident more frequently.

We also want to emphasize this place's nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of B+ in this area. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category usually have few of these severe deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

The next area we assessed was long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a decent grade of C. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The next category we rated is short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this category, which is a poor score. This is certainly a significant disappointment. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Given its grade in this category, we weren't surprised to find that this nursing home was well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we looked at. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 2.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics was damning for this facility's short-term care score.