Pine Ridge Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in San Rafael, California. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires solid marks in most areas. Based on our ratings, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Pine Ridge Care 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 - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our nursing grade. Our nursing rating focuses on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also received favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we gave it one of our stronger scores in that category, with a grade of B+. In the category of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 4.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Facility Inspections
Another strong feature for this facility is that it excelled in inspections, with a B in that category. It performed better than most facilities in this category. Inspection scores are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is long-term care. We gave this facility an acceptable grade in that category, with a B-. While this isn't as strong as a few of this facility's other scores, it is nevertheless not a major area of concern. In determining our long-term care scores, we assess the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 97.68786 percent of its residents, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pine Ridge Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 2.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 2.6% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who had a UTI. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 7.55% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 6.1% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 0.31% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 98.84% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 2.8% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 6.24% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 6.24% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 13.62% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pine Ridge Care Center, 81.76% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Scores for San Rafael, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
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Nearby Dialysis
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- Pacific Dialysis16.43 miles away2351 Clay Street 4th Floor San Francisco California 94115CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (415) 440-2852