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Novato Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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1565 Hill Road,
Novato CA 94947

(415) 897-6161

88.28% estimated occupancy 1

Novato Healthcare Center is a large nursing home located in Novato, California. We awarded this facility an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some decent scores. This facility seems to have some things working in its favor. This nursing home did not excel in every category we looked at, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • 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

  • Personal Care
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B

This facility's best category grade came in the area of nursing. In this area, we gave this nursing home a B. It outpaced most nursing homes in this category. Nursing scores are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

This facility also earned favorable inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that category, with a B. This is better than the facility's overall grade. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's next most favorable area ended up being its short-term care score, where it received a B-. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. We found that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 4.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The next area we scored is long-term care, which proved to be this facility's weakest area. We gave this facility a grade of D in this area. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. After considering the volume of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 99.662735 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Novato Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Novato Healthcare Center, 11.55% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Novato Healthcare Center, 2.19% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who experienced falls leading to major injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Novato Healthcare Center, 1.01% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who have suffered from a urinary tract infection. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Novato Healthcare Center, 27.7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Novato Healthcare Center, 15.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Novato Healthcare Center, 9.15% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Novato Healthcare Center, 98.61% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Novato Healthcare Center, 13.67% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Novato Healthcare Center, 13.61% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Novato Healthcare Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Novato Healthcare Center, 13.61% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Novato Healthcare Center, 12.56% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Novato Healthcare Center, 64.31% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Novato Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.89 miles away180 Rowland Way Novato California 94945Voluntary non-profit - Other(415) 209-1300
  • Kaiser Foundation HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.55 miles away99 Montecillo Rd San Rafael California 94903Voluntary non-profit - Private(415) 444-2000
  • Marinhealth Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.54 miles away250 Bon Air Road, PO Box 8010 Greenbrae California 94904Government - Local(415) 925-7900
  • Petaluma Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.39 miles away400 N Mcdowell Blvd Petaluma California 94954Voluntary non-profit - Other(707) 778-1111
  • Sonoma Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.51 miles away347 Andrieux St Sonoma California 95476Government - Hospital District or Authority(707) 935-5000
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.83 miles away975 Sereno Dr Vallejo California 94589Voluntary non-profit - Other(707) 651-1000
  • Sutter Solano Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.36 miles away300 Hospital Dr Vallejo California 94589Voluntary non-profit - Private(707) 554-5280

Nearby Dialysis

  • Northgate Dialysis Center6.54 miles away650 Las Gallinas Road San Rafael California 94903CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (415) 444-0376
  • San Rafael Dialysis8.99 miles away1415 3rd Street San Rafael California 94901Dialysis Stations: 24 (415) 453-4437
  • Satellite Dialysis Greenbrae10.61 miles away565 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Greenbrae California 94904CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (415) 924-8622
  • Davita Petaluma River Dialysis11.48 miles away417 N Mcdowell Blvd, Suite 30 Petaluma California 94954Dialysis Stations: 24 (707) 773-1293
  • Fmc Petaluma11.85 miles away715 South Point Blvd., Suite A Petaluma California 94954CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (707) 765-9379
  • San Pablo Dialysis Center16.06 miles away14020 San Pablo Avenue San Pablo California 94806CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (510) 234-0835
  • Davita Richmond Dialysis16.98 miles away4200 Macdonald Ave., Ste A Richmond California 94805CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (510) 236-8861
  • Wellbound of Vallejo17.15 miles away480 Redwood Street Suite 40 Vallejo California 94590Dialysis Stations: 4 (707) 556-3070

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=555844