Redwood Convalescent Hospital
22103 Redwood Road, Castro Valley CA 94546 · (510) 537-8848 · 80.14% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Castro Valley, California, Redwood Convalescent Hospital is one of five available facilities in the area. Featuring an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. Keep in mind that Castro Valley received a far more impressive city grade of B+, so you should definitely consider other options in the city. Nevertheless, this nursing home did just fine in our inspections category, which you can read more about below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 70 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this nursing home a terrible overall score, we gave it a grade of A for our inspections score. This grade is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Inspection ratings are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid facilities with severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an D. When determining a facility's nursing grade, we assess the amount of time nurses spend with patients and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is slightly below the national average. Unfortunately, this place also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based measures to go along with its low nursing hour totals. We looked at the percent of patients suffering pressure ulcers and we were very disappointed. This facility was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this measure.
Long-term Care Quality
Another concern was the F this facility was given in the area of long-term care. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 94.366196 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.86 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we scored is short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this area, which is a poor score. In computing our short-term care ratings, we size up the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is generally a reliable assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Considering its score in this area, we weren't surprised to find that this nursing home was well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 19.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Redwood Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better