Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is one of four available nursing homes located in Palm Springs, California. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Palm Springs. You should also take a look at this facility's category grades below. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received a favorable short-term care score this year. We gave them a strong grade in that area, with a grade of B+. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score and was a boost to its overall profile. In calculating these short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.
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Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-, which is a decent grade. The nursing rating includes a handful of components, but the paramount one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final category, we gave this facility a grade of D for the area of long-term care. This is the nursing home's least impressive category rating. Unfortunately, this grade hurt the nursing home's overall grade a bit. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this facility also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.03 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.
Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 10.34% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients that have pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 13.87% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 16.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 5.34% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 2.85% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 2.85% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 11.91% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 81.64% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Palm Springs, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Palm Springs, California has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Desert Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.66 miles away1150 North Indian Canyon Drive Palm Springs California 92262Proprietary(760) 323-6511
- Eisenhower Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.96 miles away39-000 Bob Hope Drive Rancho Mirage California 92270Proprietary(760) 340-3911
- John F Kennedy Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.81 miles away47111 Monroe Street Indio California 92201Proprietary(760) 347-6191
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita-Palm Springs Dialysis1.04 miles away1061 N. Indian Canyon Drive Palm Springs California 92262CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (760) 325-0909
- Davita-Cathedral City Dialysis4.92 miles away30885 Date Palm Drive Cathedral City California 92234CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (760) 202-3491
- Kidney Institute at Eisenhower Medical Center8.74 miles awayProbst Building 39000 Bob Hope Drive, Suite 103 Rancho Mirage California 92270CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (760) 837-9696
- Fmc-Rai-Corporate Way-Palm Desert11.37 miles away41-501 Corporate Way Palm Desert California 92260CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (760) 346-7588
- Davita-Bermuda Dunes Dialysis13.54 miles away78030 Wildcat Drive Suite 101 Palm Desert California 92211CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (760) 345-5115
- Davita Desert Sands Home Training13.54 miles away78030 Wildcat Dr. Ste 102 Palm Desert California 92211Dialysis Stations: 6 (760) 772-5608
- La Quinta Kidney Center, LLC15.37 miles away43576 Washington Street, Suite 101 La Quinta California 92253Dialysis Stations: 28 (760) 200-1000
- Fmc-Rai-Monroe-Indio18.6 miles away46-767 Monroe Street, Suite 101 Indio California 92201CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (760) 347-3986