Redwood Terrace Health Center
710 W 13th Ave, Escondido CA 92025 · (760) 747-4306 · 92.37% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Escondido, California, Redwood Terrace Health Center is one of seven nursing homes in the city. Sporting an overall rating of A+, we deemed this nursing home to be the very best facility in Escondido. An overall score in this range is a good indication of a superb facility. We couldn't find many bad things to say about this place. Its ratings are just impeccable. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its long-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 59 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also fared well in long-term care, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. On top of patient-friendly nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination record was superb also. In fact, this facility vaccinated 99.40476 percent of its patients against pneumonia. The last statistic we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 1.85 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is middle of the road in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a score of A+ for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. To offer highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This place provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most facilities we looked at. This is usually an excellent sign. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in California in this area with 67 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
In the last category, this facility was given another A+ for its nursing rating. This topped off an amazing profile of four A+'s. Our nursing grade analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility boasts a really impressive 4.6 hours of nursing care per patient daily, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing high levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With below 5 percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any place the nation in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Redwood Terrace Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better