Providence San Bruno is a facility located in San Bruno, California, a city with a population of 41,130 people. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this nursing home is among the better nursing homes we assessed. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities nationally. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card was its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next section
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Providence San Bruno
- 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 - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Meal Delivery
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Colostomy Care
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Short-term Care Quality
On top of earning a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in our shot-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an impressive grade of A for that category. In calculating our short-term care grades, we size up the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This score is generally a meaningful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections recently. We awarded them an A in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses are caring for residents and the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning residents even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we scored is long-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of C. This actually was this facility's worst category. This is nevertheless not a bad grade. In our long-term care score, we weigh the amount of care offered by a facility, along with some qualitative data points. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations 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.
Providence San Bruno Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Providence San Bruno, 10.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Providence San Bruno, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents that experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Providence San Bruno, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Providence San Bruno, 13.19% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Providence San Bruno, 3.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Providence San Bruno, 1.22% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Providence San Bruno, 94.23% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Providence San Bruno, 5.88% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Providence San Bruno, 17.33% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Providence San Bruno, 17.33% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Providence San Bruno, 10.96% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Providence San Bruno, 84.44% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
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Nearby Dialysis
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