Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing is in Lake Arrowhead, California, a city with 8,004 people. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top five percentile of all nursing homes in the nation. In addition, this facility is also based in a hospital, which often means the nursing home offers more extensive healthcare services. As you can see below, this place performed equally well in our category grades. In fact, we gave it straight A's!
Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing score is mostly based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a score of A+ for its long-term care grade. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an impressive grade of A. Our inspection ratings are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth area, this nursing home also performed admirably in the short-term care category. We gave it a grade of A for that area. This rounded out truly elite report card. Our short-term care grades are vital for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of long-term residents that suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many medical conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 4.64% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 95.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mountains Community Hospital Distinct Part Skilled Nursing, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mountains Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away29101 Hospital Road Lake Arrowhead California 92352Government - Hospital District or Authority(909) 336-3651
- St Bernardine Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.99 miles away2101 N Waterman Ave San Bernardino California 92404Voluntary non-profit - Private(909) 883-8711
- Community Hospital of San BernardinoAcute Care Hospitals 12.72 miles away1805 Medical Center Drive San Bernardino California 92411Voluntary non-profit - Private(909) 887-6333
- Loma Linda University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.78 miles away11234 Anderson St Loma Linda California 92354Voluntary non-profit - Private(909) 558-4000
- Redlands Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.83 miles away350 Terracina Blvd Redlands California 92373Voluntary non-profit - Private(909) 335-5500
- Desert Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.14 miles away16850 Bear Valley Rd Victorville California 92395Proprietary(760) 241-8000
- Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.86 miles away400 North Pepper Avenue Colton California 92324Government - Local(909) 580-1000
- Victor Valley Global Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.69 miles away15248 11th St Victorville California 92392Voluntary non-profit - Private(760) 245-8691
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita-Highland Ranch Dialysis Center9.93 miles away7223 Church Street, Suite a-14 Highland California 92346CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (909) 862-9670
- Fmc-Rai-North Waterman-San Bernardino11.43 miles away1500 N. Waterman Avenue. Suite A San Bernardino California 92404CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (909) 381-1591
- Davita-Mountain Vista Dialysis Center11.58 miles away4041 University Parkway San Bernardino California 92407CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (909) 887-0173
- Davita Serrano Dialysis12.75 miles away1800 Medical Center Dr. Suite 150 San Bernardino California 92411Dialysis Stations: 25 (909) 887-2717
- Fmc-Rai-Indiana Court-Redlands13.78 miles away1210 Indiana Court Redlands California 92374CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (909) 792-8880
- Davita-Citrus Valley Dialysis14.39 miles away894 Hardt Street San Bernardino California 92408CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (909) 388-6608
- Fmc-San Bernardino14.47 miles away636 E. Brier Drive, Suite 150 San Bernardino California 92408CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (909) 890-9508
- Fmc-Rai-North Riverside-Rialto14.68 miles away1850 N. Riverside Avenue, Suite 150 Rialto California 92376CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (909) 879-1185