Mountains Community Hosp Dpsnf
29101 Hospital Road, Lake Arrowhead CA 92352 · (909) 336-3651 · 100% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Lake Arrowhead, California, Mountains Community Hosp Dpsnf is the lone nursing home located in the area. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 50 best facilities in California. In our view, this facility ought to be a no brainer for most people. Headlining this place's exemplary report card is its nursing rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 20 Beds
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Government - Hospital district
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also want to emphasize that this nursing home excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an A+ in this category. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we assess the number of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This facility provides an incredible 9.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing high levels of care, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. These datapoints are generally reliable measures of the quality of nursing care a nursing home offers.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received an A+ for its long-term care score. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. One of the factors we considered after this facility's quality nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.7013 percent of its residents. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for seniors. This combination proved to be successful as this place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. It earned one of our top grades in that area with a score of A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth category, this nursing home was given a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that area, giving this facility straight A's. In crafting these short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mountains Community Hosp Dpsnf Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better