Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation is a small nursing home located in La Mesa, California. Sporting an overall grade of B-, this is a decent nursing home. You can definitely do worse than this facility. The best part of this place's report card was is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This nursing home earned an inspection score which is stronger than its overall rating. Inspection grades are based on the nursing home's recent inspections. We awarded this facility an above average grade of B+ in this category. Inspection ratings are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's more impressive category grades was in the category of short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B. In computing these short-term care scores, 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 goal is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing score is based on many datapoints, many of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, while this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed well in this area.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is long-term care. This nursing home received a B- for this area. Our long-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's volume of nursing services. This means a broad scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 6.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.57% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which have experienced UTI's. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 7.08% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 28.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 100% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 9.41% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 5.32% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 5.32% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 11.28% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Parkway Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation, 90.61% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for La Mesa, 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
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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