New Bethany Skilled Nursing is located in Los Banos, California. This facility received an A- overall, which is one of our better grades. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a great choice for most people. We also gave this facility phenomenal grades in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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New Bethany Skilled Nursing
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
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Long-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care rating. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A. In computing our nursing scores, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
This facility also received top notch inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the final category, this nursing home was given a strong short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a B+ in this area, finishing off one of our better profiles. Short-term care scores are crucial for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
New Bethany Skilled Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 5.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 3.41% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who sustained falls which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 4.6% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 1.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat several medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 1.2% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 5.97% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 100% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 22.81% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 31.89% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 31.89% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 26.47% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In New Bethany Skilled Nursing, 97.17% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Memorial Hospital Los BanosAcute Care Hospitals 1.76 miles away520 West I St Los Banos California 93635Voluntary non-profit - Private(209) 826-0591
Nearby Dialysis
- Los Banos Dialysis Center1.79 miles away60 G Street, Building D Los Banos California 93635CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (209) 826-2787
- Pacheco Dialysis2.1 miles away1245 W Pacheco Blvd Ste D Los Banos California 93635Dialysis Stations: 24 (209) 827-3934