Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital is one of seven nursing homes located in Santa Barbara, California. This nursing home turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. Impressively, the facilities in Santa Barbara received high scores across the board, making this one of the better places in California to find a nursing home. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Radiation Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this facility also received nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A+. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received a score of A-. Only a select group of facilities performed more favorably in this area. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is typically a solid assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. There are quite a few datapoints within this category. Most of these subcategories reflect nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care, in which this facility received a grade of C. Although this wound up being its lowest category score, this is still not a major area of concern. Our long-term care grades are based on a facility's amount of nursing care. This means a broad scope of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is higher than the average nursing home. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 5.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who had falls which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients which sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 6.98% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 3.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 1.6% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 100% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 10% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 13.86% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility. Some believe that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 0.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 13.86% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 12.44% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital, 66.92% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for Santa Barbara, 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-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Dialysis
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