North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre is an average-sized facility in Fresno, California. It looks like this nursing home is one of the higher-graded nursing homes we looked at. A score in this range requires first-rate marks across the board. Even in a city featuring 19 other nursing homes, this one stood out as a very fine choice. We also gave this nursing home impressive ratings in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. The nursing score considers a host of subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation 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 having a policy of moving residents more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its dominant performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for our short-term care rating. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to gauge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in the area of inspections. It received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. It received one of our best grades in that category with a grade of B+. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
In our last area, this facility also was given an impressive long-term care grade, with a B+. This finished off a very strong profile. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to minimize negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 2.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 0.36% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who had a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 12.36% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 12.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 3.11% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 99.68% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 3.62% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 11.16% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 11.16% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 12.32% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In North Point Healthcare and Wellness Centre, 86.77% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Scores for Fresno, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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- Valley Children's HospitalChildrens 4.45 miles away9300 Valley Childrens Place Madera California 93636Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 353-5116
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- Clovis Community Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.32 miles away2755 Herndon Ave Clovis California 93611Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 324-4000
Nearby Dialysis
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