Redwood Convalescent Hospital is a small nursing home located in Castro Valley, California. This nursing home received an overall grade of B+, which is very good rating. Remarkably, the nursing homes in Castro Valley received high scores across the board, making this one of the best places in California to find a nursing home. We were also pleased to find that this facility did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
Redwood Convalescent Hospital
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of long-term care, where it earned an impressive grade of A. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.31035 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. It earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that category with an A-. Few facilities with an overall score in this range performed as well in multiple categories. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. When determining a facility's nursing grade, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are with residents and the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving a resident more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we graded was short-term care, in which this facility was given a grade of B-. This was this facility's least impressive category. This is still not a major area of concern. Our short-term care scores are thought to be most critical for residents needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Redwood Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients that sustained a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 4.64% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 95.44% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Redwood Convalescent Hospital, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Scores for Castro Valley, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Dialysis
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- San Leandro Dialysis2.99 miles away15555 East 14th Street Suite 520 San Leandro California 94578CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (510) 317-6510
- Hayward4.79 miles away1661 Industrial Parkway West Hayward California 94544CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (510) 266-5743
- Satellite Dialysis West San Leandro5.33 miles away2401 Merced St Suite 110 San Leandro California 94577CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (510) 746-3900
- San Leandro Marina Dialysis Center5.35 miles away2551 Merced St San Leandro California 94577CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (510) 352-1207
- Satellite Dialysis San Leandro5.54 miles away801 Davis Street San Leandro California 94577CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (510) 352-4011