Poway Healthcare Center is an average-sized nursing home in Poway, California. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable rating. As far as we can see, this nursing home is a good fit for quite a few people. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Poway Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing score is largely associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received a strong short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a grade of B+. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a grade of B-. Even though this ended up being its poorest category score, this is nevertheless not a major area of concern. Our long-term care ratings are based on the facility's amount of nursing services. This means a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Poway Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Poway Healthcare Center, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients that are suffering from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Poway Healthcare Center, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Poway Healthcare Center, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint can also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Poway Healthcare Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Poway Healthcare Center, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Poway Healthcare Center, 4.64% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Poway Healthcare Center, 95.44% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Poway Healthcare Center, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Poway Healthcare Center, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Poway Healthcare Center, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Poway Healthcare Center, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Poway Healthcare Center, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Poway Healthcare Center, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Pomerado HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.05 miles away15615 Pomerado Road Poway California 92064Government - Hospital District or Authority(858) 485-6511
- Palomar Health Downtown CampusAcute Care Hospitals 8.96 miles away555 East Valley Parkway Escondido California 92025Government - Hospital District or Authority(760) 739-3000
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaAcute Care Hospitals 12.16 miles away9888 Genesee Avenue La Jolla California 92037Physician(858) 626-4123
- Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasAcute Care Hospitals 13.46 miles away354 Santa Fe Drive Encinitas California 92024Voluntary non-profit - Private(760) 753-6501
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - ZionAcute Care Hospitals 14.23 miles away4647 Zion Ave San Diego California 92120Voluntary non-profit - Private(619) 528-5000
- Sharp Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.59 miles away7901 Frost St San Diego California 92123Voluntary non-profit - Private(858) 939-3400
- Alvarado Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.21 miles away6655 Alvarado Road San Diego California 92120Proprietary(619) 229-3172
- Grossmont HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.38 miles away5555 Grossmont Center Drive Box 58 La Mesa California 91942Government - Hospital District or Authority(619) 465-0711
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc-Rancho2.27 miles away11031 via Frontera, Suite C San Diego California 92127CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (858) 385-0700
- Davita-Carmel Mountain Dialysis4.17 miles away9850 Carmel Mountain Road, a-D San Diego California 92129CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (858) 538-1083
- Home Dialysis Therapies of San Diego-North4.62 miles away10672 Wexford Street, Suite 250 San Diego California 92131Dialysis Stations: 1 (858) 549-3400
- Davita-Escondido Dialysis8.66 miles away203 E. Second Avenue Escondido California 92025CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (760) 743-4401
- Davita-San Marcos Dialysis Center9.95 miles away2135 Montiel Road, Bldg. B San Marcos California 92069CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (760) 975-0170
- Sanderling Dialysis of Ramona10.19 miles away2102 Main Street Ramona California 92065Dialysis Stations: 12 (844) 375-7365
- Fmc-La Jolla10.33 miles away4765 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 100 San Diego California 92130Dialysis Stations: 24 (858) 793-0058
- Davita-Encinitas Dialysis13.44 miles away332 Santa Fe Drive, Suite 100 Encinitas California 92024CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (760) 632-2323