Olympia Convalescent Hospital
1100 S. Alvarado St, Los Angeles CA 90006 · (213) 487-3000 · 91.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Olympia Convalescent Hospital is a large facility located in Los Angeles, California. This facility is a well below average facility. A grade in this range indicates we found some red flags. Fortunately, if you aren't impressed with this facility, there are countless other options available in this city. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 135 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we were not high on this facility overall, we gave it a grade of A- for our nursing rating. This is far better than its overall score. There are a host of datapoints within this area. Most of the subcategories relate to staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was above the national average. Finally, this facility also performed very well in most of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It had a low number of residents sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
One of this nursing home's better category scores was in the area of long-term care. This proved to be its second most respectable category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. Our long-term care grade is often used to judge a nursing home's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 98.18594 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
Sadly, this facility received a grade of just D in our inspection category. This is well below average grade. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed 8 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility also received 4 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we rated was short-term care, which proved to be this facility's weakest category. We gave this facility a D in that category. Short-term care grades are generally used to gauge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To offer good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. With a grade this poor for this category, we weren't shocked to discover that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing figures we assess. It offered significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 25.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Olympia Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better