Mountain View Convalescent Hospital

Mountain View Convalescent Hospital is an average-sized nursing home located in Sylmar, California. This is a lower end facility, with an overall grade of D. Although this score isn't too far off the city grade in Sylmar which is a C, you still should be able to find a better option. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category grades

Although we didn't give this place a good overall grade, we actually gave it a strong grade in the category of inspections, where it received a B. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. It is generally best to avoid nursing homes that had too many deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

This facility's next highest area is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. Our short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it performed well in this metric with 56.5 percent of its residents returning home. With most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. Our nursing grade looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. According to its CMS reports, this facility provided an average of 4 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which was above the national average. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as minimizing major falls. This nursing home performed admirably in this area.

The last area we looked at is long-term care. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that area. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.68355 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this place also was not as bad as we expected at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Although it had 2.24 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not bad due to it having more complicated patients.