Pico Rivera Healthcare Center is a senior living facility in Pico Rivera, California, which has a total of 62,928 people. Sporting an overall grade of C, this looks like a middle of the road nursing home. As As it turns out, it is actually ranked as the best facility in Pico Rivera. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
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Pico Rivera Healthcare 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
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's best grade came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.52997 percent of its patients, which is more than most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This facility actually received a solid inspection report this year as well, with few major dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better scores in that category with a B-. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded its next most favorable category score in the category of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this area, which is an acceptable grade. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The key is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we graded is nursing. In this category, we awarded this facility a C. There are several data points within this area. Many of these factors reflect nurse staffing. This facility provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pico Rivera Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 10.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 1.26% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents which suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 4.32% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care patients who have experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 9.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for treating a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 12.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 98.26% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 14.18% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 17.52% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 17.52% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 9.62% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pico Rivera Healthcare Center, 80.77% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Pico Rivera, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of C
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