Palm Terrace Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
24962 Calle Aragon, Laguna Hills CA 92653 · (949) 587-9000 · 87.77% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Laguna Hills, California, Palm Terrace Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is one of just a few available facilities in this city. Featuring an overall score of B, this nursing home is a very good option. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Laguna Hills. One of the highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive short-term care rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a quality facility is that it received a very impressive short-term care rating. Short-term care is its best category. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is considered to be a solid measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Remarkably, this facility provides its residents with at least 50% more physical therapist hours per week than the average facility. The final metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who returned home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in California in this area with 71.8 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also excelled in inspections. We gave it an B+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. This is one of the few nursing homes with an overall score in this range which earned multiple category grades this high. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing score looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of training of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides an impressive 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its patients sustaining falls which lead to major injury, this facility performed as well as any nursing home in the country.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was long-term care. We gave it a C in this area. This is not a bad grade in this category. Our long-term care grades are more critical for those requiring more traditional assistance associated with activities of daily living. After looking at the very respectable amount of nursing hours provided by this facility, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which appears to be higher than the average nursing home. The last datapoint we looked at is its hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 1.99 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is not too far off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Palm Terrace Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
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 indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better