Mission View Health Center
1425 Woodside Dr, San Luis Obispo CA 93401 · (805) 543-0210 · 75.98% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Mission View Health Center is a large nursing home located in San Luis Obispo, California. This facility appears to be ranked among the more impressive nursing homes we looked at. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate marks across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all nursing homes nationally. This nursing home was also given strong grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 162 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a quality overall grade, this facility also received excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our highest scores in that area, with an A. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report, which is still very impressive. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
We also want to point out the fact that this nursing home received a dominant grade of A in our short-term care area. In forming our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to devise a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that returned home from the nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in California in this area with 60.9 percent of its residents returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in calculating our rating in this category. This place provides an impressive 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is among the better figures in the state. Finally, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is this facility's poorest area. However, even its worst category would be a highlight for most nursing homes. We awarded it an above average grade of B in long-term care. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of considering the impressive volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this facility, we also were happy with the nursing home's vaccination record. By way of example, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. This combination proved to be successful as this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had just 1.24 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mission View Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric may be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better