Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre is an average-sized facility in Norwalk, California. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score in this range requires above average marks in most areas. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the United States. If you look below, you can see this place's category grades, which are also quite good.
Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
To pair with its impressive overall score, we gave this nursing home an A- for our nursing rating. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other strengths is its superb short-term care grade. We gave them one of our most favorable grades in that area, with a score of A-. Our short-term care ratings are important for people needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our third area, this nursing home also earned a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this area. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
On top of its other impressive category grades, we awarded this facility a B+ for its inspection rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 4.64% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 95.44% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Norwalk, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Norwalk, California has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
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- Los Alamitos Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.99 miles away3751 Katella Avenue Los Alamitos California 90720Proprietary(562) 799-3220
- West Anaheim Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.4 miles away3033 W Orange Avenue Anaheim California 92804Proprietary(714) 827-3000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita-Firestone Blvd. Dialysis0.64 miles away11913 Firestone Blvd. Norwalk California 90650Dialysis Stations: 24 (562) 863-2127
- Davita-Norwalk Dialysis Center1.53 miles away12375 E. Imperial Highway Norwalk California 90650CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (562) 929-7430
- Fmc-Bellflower2.01 miles away10116 Rosecrans Avenue Bellflower California 90706CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (562) 920-2070
- Davita-Sfs Dialysis2.25 miles away10012 Norwalk Blvd., Suite 190 Santa Fe Springs California 90670CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (562) 903-8281
- Davita-Downey Landing Dialysis Center2.4 miles away11611 Bellflower Blvd. Downey California 90241CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (562) 862-0001
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Downey2.41 miles awayCapd Department-Basement, 9333 E. Imperial Hwy Downey California 90242Dialysis Stations: 6 (562) 657-9170
- Davita-Bellflower Dialysis Center2.44 miles away15736 Woodruff Avenue Bellflower California 90706CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (562) 804-3099
- Fmc-Norwalk East2.7 miles away13063 Rosecrans Avenue Santa Fe Springs California 90670CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (562) 404-7400