Park Vista Health Center is an average-sized nursing home in Fullerton, California. Sporting an overall rating of A+, this nursing home is clearly a first-rate facility. We could not find many bad things to say about this nursing home. Its scores are just impeccable. Headlining this facility's exemplary profile is its long-term care rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Park Vista Health Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. Facilities that excel in this category tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a very strong short-term care grade. Indeed, this ended up being its second most impressive category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A. With our short-term care score, we try to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. We assessed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses worked with patients, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our inspection category, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspection reports. We gave it an A for that category. This wrapped up its straight A report card. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Park Vista Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Park Vista Health Center, 2.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Park Vista Health Center, 4.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a fall leading to major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Park Vista Health Center, 0.71% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Park Vista Health Center, 8.84% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Park Vista Health Center, 25.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Park Vista Health Center, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Park Vista Health Center, 100% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Park Vista Health Center, 5.77% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Park Vista Health Center, 12.09% of Residents
This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Park Vista Health Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Park Vista Health Center, 12.09% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Park Vista Health Center, 5.28% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Park Vista Health Center, 95.53% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Fullerton, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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