Newport Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home has received near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

This nursing home also received a very strong short-term care score. In fact, this is its second best category score. In that area, we awarded this facility a score of A. Our short-term care grades are critical for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Nursing grades are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility California in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning a patient more frequently.

The next category we rated was long-term care, in which this facility was given a B-. This is this facility's least impressive area. This is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. Long-term care grades are generally used to assess a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services offered by a rehabilitation facility. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information on vaccination rates. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.