Orinda Care Center is a senior living facility located in Orinda, California. The city has a total of 17,672 people. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is one of our better scores. Based on our analysis, this nursing home is really as good as it gets. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category scores, which are also strong. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Orinda Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in nursing. We gave it an A for that category. The nursing category weighs quite a few datapoints, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning residents more frequently.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this nursing home's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for inspections. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to resident health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care. Contributing to its superb resume, this facility also performed well in that area. In fact, we awarded it a of A- in the category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last area, this facility was given an extremely favorable short-term care score. While this wasn't nearly as elite as a few of its other category grades, this is nevertheless one of our more favorable scores a facility can receive. Our short-term care ratings are likely more critical for those needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Orinda Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Orinda Care Center, 4.29% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Orinda Care Center, 3.5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Orinda Care Center, 3.7% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint could be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Orinda Care Center, 15.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Orinda Care Center, 16.08% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Orinda Care Center, 1.59% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression could reveal worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Orinda Care Center, 96.91% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Orinda Care Center, 10.32% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Orinda Care Center, 8.96% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that maintained mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Orinda Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Orinda Care Center, 8.96% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Orinda Care Center, 7.12% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Orinda Care Center, 66.98% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampAcute Care Hospitals 4.35 miles away2450 Ashby Avenue Berkeley California 94705Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 204-4444
- Children's Hospital & Research Center OaklandChildrens 5.48 miles away747 52nd Street Oakland California 94609Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 428-3000
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondAcute Care Hospitals 5.66 miles away275 West Macarthur Boulevard Oakland California 94611Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 752-1000
- Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.03 miles away350 Hawthorne Avenue Oakland California 94609Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 655-4000
- Highland HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.31 miles away1411 East 31st Street Oakland California 94602Government - Hospital District or Authority(510) 437-4800
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut CreekAcute Care Hospitals 6.84 miles away1425 S Main Street Walnut Creek California 94596Voluntary non-profit - Private(925) 295-4000
- John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusAcute Care Hospitals 7.95 miles away1601 Ygnacio Valley Rd Walnut Creek California 94598Voluntary non-profit - Other(925) 939-3000
- Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9 miles away2500 Alhambra Avenue Martinez California 94553Government - Local(925) 370-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Berkeley Dialysis Center4.7 miles away2655 Shattuck Ave Berkeley California 94704CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (510) 486-8706
- Oakland Dialysis Center4.98 miles away5354 Claremont Avenue Oakland California 94618CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (510) 597-0104
- Rai Piedmont5.24 miles away2710 Telegraph Avenue Suite #100 Oakland California 94612CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (510) 286-9948
- Satellite Dialysis Oakland6.07 miles away3330 Telegraph Ave Oakland California 94609CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (510) 433-8340
- Walnut Creek West Dialysis Center6.14 miles away1221 Rossmoor Pkwy Walnut Creek California 94595Dialysis Stations: 21 (925) 295-9830
- Us Renal Care Berkeley6.14 miles away2895 7th Street Berkeley California 94710Dialysis Stations: 24 (510) 843-0627
- Rai Peralta6.4 miles away2757 Telegraph Avenue Oakland California 94612CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (510) 835-0154
- Fmc Diablo Walnut Creek6.67 miles away365 Lennon Lane #160 Walnut Creek California 94598Dialysis Stations: 20 (925) 947-4545