Mission Hills Health Care
4033 Sixth Avenue Ext, San Diego CA 92103 · (619) 297-4086 · 89.06% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Mission Hills Health Care is an average-sized nursing home located in San Diego, California. We gave this nursing home a B overall, which is a solid grade. We were equally impressed that San Diego received a B+ city grade, making this one of the best places to find a nursing home. Even in a city with 22 other nursing homes, this nursing home looks like a respectable selection. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 96 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A. The nursing grade considers a number of datapoints. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This particular nursing home provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Finally, this place also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. For example, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We view these statistics as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care offered.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also received excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that category, with an A-. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the area of long-term care, where it was given a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this area. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. After looking at the significant amount of nursing care provided by this facility, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.66 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
Our final category is short-term care, where we gave this facility a C in that category. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is often a meaningful measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 13.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mission Hills Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better