Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center is a small nursing home located in Palo Alto, California. This facility really stands out with a grade of A overall. Impressively, this was in line with the other facilities in Palo Alto. It is not common to find a city with multiple facilities of this caliber. We can't find many bad things to say about this nursing home. Its scores are just impeccable. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's stellar profile is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Palo Alto Sub-Acute and 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 - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ short-term care grade. This is as good as it gets in this category. Our short-term care grades are considered to be most important for patients requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating is primarily based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
Tallying another strong category grade, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a score of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we rated is long-term care, in which this facility was awarded a B-. This turned out to be this nursing home's weakest area. This is nevertheless not a major area of concern. In computing these long-term care grades, we analyze the facility's personal care services. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 4.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percentage of long-term residents that have experienced a fall which caused serious 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 Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 5.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 8.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 11.9% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 2.17% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Some argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 2.89% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 2.89% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 12.56% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Palo Alto Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 91.42% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Stanford Health CareAcute Care Hospitals 1.28 miles away300 Pasteur Drive Stanford California 94305Voluntary non-profit - Private(650) 723-5708
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityAcute Care Hospitals 5.02 miles away1100 Veterans Boulevard Redwood City California 94063Voluntary non-profit - Private(650) 299-2000
- Sequoia HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.98 miles away170 Alameda De Las Pulgas Redwood City California 94062Voluntary non-profit - Private(650) 367-5551
- El Camino HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.72 miles away2500 Grant Road Mountain View California 94040Government - Hospital District or Authority(650) 940-7000
- San Mateo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.01 miles away222 W 39th Ave San Mateo California 94403Government - Local(650) 573-2222
- Kaiser Permanente Psychiatric Health Facility-SantPsychiatric 11.32 miles away3840 Homestead Road Santa Clara California 95051Proprietary(408) 851-4850
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa ClaraAcute Care Hospitals 11.62 miles away700 Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara California 95051Voluntary non-profit - Private(408) 236-6400
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FremontAcute Care Hospitals 12.26 miles away39400 Paseo Padre Pkwy Fremont California 94538Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 784-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Satellite Dialysis Menlo Park2.53 miles away1040 Hamilton Court Menlo Park California 94025CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (650) 384-4800
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- Redwood City Dialysis Center5.06 miles away1000 Marshall Street Redwood City California 94063CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (650) 365-0129
- Wellbound of Mountain View5.98 miles away247 West El Camino Real Suite 200 Mountain View California 94040Dialysis Stations: 4 (650) 417-6460
- Satellite Dialysis Mountain View5.98 miles away247 West El Camino Real Suite 100 Mountain View California 94040CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (650) 417-6420
- Satellite Dialysis Redwood City6.53 miles away1125 Industrial Rd Suite G San Carlos California 94070CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (650) 366-0789
- Davita El Camino Dialysis6.68 miles away412 West El Camino Real Mountain View California 94043Dialysis Stations: 24 (650) 962-1903
- Satellite Dialysis Sunnyvale9.13 miles away155 North Wolfe Rd Sunnyvale California 94086CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (408) 617-1887