Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro is a large hospital-based nursing home located in San Pedro, California. Sporting an overall grade of B, this is a very respectable option. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this place. The best part of this facility's strong profile was its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section
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Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro
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- Home Health Agency
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
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
On top of a strong overall score, this facility also received a favorable nursing grade this year. We gave the place one of our better grades in that category, with a B+. There are a number of criteria included in this area. Most of these factors are tied to nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a strong short-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B+ in this category. Our short-term care grades are likely most critical for folks requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we gave them one of our higher grades in our long-term care category as well, with a grade of B. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 97.98995 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
Moving on to inspections, it appears this nursing home has received quality government inspections in recent years as well. We gave it a B- in this area. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 24.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which have sustained falls leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 4.79% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents which suffered from a urinary tract infection. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 0.51% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 16.08% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 98.28% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 7.58% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 6.11% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 6.11% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, 71.7% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
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