Olympia Convalescent Hospital

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Olympia Convalescent Hospital's website

1100 S. Alvarado St,
Los Angeles CA 90006

(213) 487-3000

65.7% estimated occupancy ¹

Olympia Convalescent Hospital is a large facility located in Los Angeles, California. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some decent marks. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Los Angeles, which admittedly is admittedly a little below average nationally. This facility didn't fare well in every category we looked at, but it didn't receive any rock-bottom grades either. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Optometry
Audiology
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

This facility's overall score was propped up by the fact that it has received favorable inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in this area, with a B+. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade. Inspection scores are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place was hit with 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Nurse Quality

Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. Our nursing grade is primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 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 nursing home 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.

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Long-term Care Quality

The next most favorable area we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. In calculating our long-term care grades, we look at the personal care offered to a nursing home's patients. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.376945 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. This facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

The final area we analyzed was short-term care, which is a weak spot for this nursing home. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in the area of short-term care. In determining our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is more often than not a reliable measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Olympia Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percent of long-term stay patients which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who have experienced falls which resulted 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 quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs

This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients who have sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 4.64% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 95.44% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 7.92% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 12.45% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels. Many believe that mobility is important for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 9.83 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Olympia Convalescent Hospital, 79.79% Percentage of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Los Angeles, CA

Overall Rating has a grade of C
Nurse Rating has a grade of B
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus

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