Ojai Health & Rehabilitation

The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection grade. In fact, its inspection grade was far superior to its overall score. In the inspections category, we gave it a grade of A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor dings aren't the end of the world.

This nursing home's short-term care grade is one of its more favorable features. The facility received a B- in this area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This score is more often than not a fair measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a somewhat concerning figure as it is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

The last area we scored is long-term care. We awarded it a B- in this area. This is a decent grade in this area. Our long-term care scores are based on the nursing home's amount of nursing services. This includes a broad scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down this place's vaccination data. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.