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Palos Verdes Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Palos Verdes Health Care Center's website

26303 Western Ave.,
Lomita CA 90717

(310) 784-5440

85.83% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Palos Verdes Health Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Palos Verdes Health Care Center is located in Lomita, California. This city has a total of 21,318 people. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. This place is really as bad as it gets. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • 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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Transportation
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Pain Management
  • Audiology
  • Colostomy Care
  • Catheter Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We really couldn't find anything good to say about this facility. It received a D in the area of long-term care. Unfortunately, this ended up being its best category. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the area of short-term care, this facility received a grade of just D in this area. As it turns out, this proved to be one of its best areas. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is often a useful measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation. With a grade this poor in this area, we were not surprised to learn that this nursing home was well below average in two of the key staffing metrics we looked at. In fact, it provided significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. Our nursing score is largely based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This place provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This place performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Turning our last category of inspections, this facility received a terrible score. We weight this grade more heavily than other categories. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection rating. We suggest you scrutinize the level of severity of those deficiencies. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they created a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Palos Verdes Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 11.34% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 1.95% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 13.08% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 10.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure indicates the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression could indicate worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 100% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 8.03% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 10.41% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Palos Verdes Health Care Center, 10.41% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Del Amo HospitalPsychiatric 2.72 miles away23700 Camino Del Sol Torrance California 90505Proprietary(310) 530-1151
  • Torrance Memorial Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.83 miles away3330 Lomita Blvd Torrance California 90509Voluntary non-profit - Other(310) 325-9110
  • Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.43 miles away1000 W Carson St Torrance California 90502Government - Local(310) 222-2101
  • College Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.84 miles away2776 Pacific Avenue Long Beach California 90806Proprietary(562) 595-1911
  • St Mary Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.09 miles away1050 Linden Ave Long Beach California 90813Voluntary non-profit - Church(562) 491-9000
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.36 miles away1680 East 120th Street Los Angeles California 90059Voluntary non-profit - Private(424) 835-6808
  • Lakewood Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.56 miles away3700 E South St Lakewood California 90712Proprietary(562) 602-6751
  • Los Alamitos Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.96 miles away3751 Katella Avenue Los Alamitos California 90720Proprietary(562) 799-3220

Nearby Dialysis

  • u.s. Renal Care Lomita Dialysis0.68 miles away1830 Lomita Blvd. Lomita California 90717CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (310) 530-7796
  • Fmc-South Bay0.79 miles away1221 Pacific Coast Highway Harbor City California 90710CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (310) 539-1221
  • Fmc-South Bay Home Therapy0.91 miles away1223 Pacific Coast Highway Harbor City California 90710Dialysis Stations: 6 (310) 325-0416
  • Davita-Rolling Hills Dialysis1.34 miles away25210 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 110 Torrance California 90505Dialysis Stations: 27 (310) 530-1180
  • u.s. Renal Care Skypark Dialysis3.03 miles away3295 Skypark Drive Torrance California 90505CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (310) 539-5091
  • Davita-Tower Dialysis3.16 miles away8635 W. Third Street, Suite 560 Los Angeles California 90048Dialysis Stations: 20 (310) 855-1742
  • u.s. Renal Care South Bay Home Program3.46 miles away23441 Madison Street #320 Torrance California 90503Dialysis Stations: 4 (310) 378-8452
  • Davita-Harbor Ucla3.55 miles away21602 S. Vermont Avenue Torrance California 90502CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (310) 533-0413

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=555028