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River Valley Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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River Valley Care Center's website

9000 Larkin Road,
Live Oak CA 95953

(530) 695-8020

93.73% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Live Oak, California, River Valley Care Center is the sole facility we identified in the area. This facility was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a respectable rating. You could certainly do worse than this facility. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is long-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Colostomy Care
  • Catheter Care
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility received favorable marks in long-term care this year. We gave them a solid grade in that area, with a B+. This ended up being the facility's best grade and helped its profile quite a bit. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

We would also like to point out this nursing home's strong inspection grade. This nursing home earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. 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. Based on this, we had a generally favorable view of this nursing home's inspections.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's third best category was short-term care. We awarded it a B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the pack score in this category. With our short-term care grade, we strive to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The final category we assessed is nursing, which turned out to be a low point for this nursing home. We gave this nursing home a D in the area of nursing. In calculating our nursing grades, we factor in both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This place offered just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is well below average. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this facility also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These statistics pulled down this facility's nursing rating quite a bit.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

River Valley Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In River Valley Care Center, 7.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients which suffered from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In River Valley Care Center, 4.71% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure measures the percent of long-term care patients who sustained falls which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In River Valley Care Center, 1.03% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which sustained a UTI. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In River Valley Care Center, 13.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In River Valley Care Center, 26.69% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In River Valley Care Center, 6.18% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could be a sign worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In River Valley Care Center, 99.35% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In River Valley Care Center, 22.54% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In River Valley Care Center, 21.61% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In River Valley Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In River Valley Care Center, 21.61% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In River Valley Care Center, 15.68% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In River Valley Care Center, 79.87% of Resident

This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Orchard HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 7.48 miles away240 Spruce Street Gridley California 95948Voluntary non-profit - Private(530) 846-5671
  • Adventist Health and RideoutAcute Care Hospitals 9.34 miles away726 4th St Marysville California 95901Government - Federal(530) 749-4300
  • Oroville HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.87 miles away2767 Olive Highway Oroville California 95966Voluntary non-profit - Private(530) 533-8500
  • Colusa Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.41 miles away199 E Webster Street Colusa California 95932Proprietary(530) 619-0800

Nearby Dialysis

  • Yuba Sutter Dialysis7.17 miles away2115 East Onstott Road Yuba City California 95991CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (530) 673-6656
  • Yuba City Dialysis Center7.96 miles away1525 Plumas Court Suite A Yuba City California 95991CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (530) 671-3652
  • Marysville Dialysis Center8.86 miles away1015 8th Street Marysville California 95901CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (530) 741-9801
  • Oroville Dialysis Clinic17.76 miles away3012 Olive Highway Oroville California 95966CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (530) 532-6800