Saint Claire's Nursing Center is located in Sacramento, California. This city is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in the nation with has a population of 757,530 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A grade in this range generally indicates a few red flags. Not surprisingly, this is ranked as one of the ten worst rated nursing homes in Sacramento based on the data we assessed. In a city with many other facilities, you will probably be able to find an alternative. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is nursing, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Saint Claire's Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Note: Saint Claire's Nursing Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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Nurse Quality
Even though we did not have many favorable things to say about this facility's overall grade, it did receive a respectable nursing score of B-. The nursing grade features numerous subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, nursing scores also consider quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Short-term Care Quality
One of this nursing home's better category grades was in the category of short-term care. This turned out to be its second most favorable category. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B-. Short-term care scores are vital for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home received mediocre government inspections in recent years. We gave them a grade of C in this category. Our inspection ratings account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in categories G through L. This means CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the last category, this nursing home was given a C in long-term care, which is generally a decent grade. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Saint Claire's Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who had falls leading to severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric may be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 4.64% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 95.44% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Saint Claire's Nursing Center, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Sacramento, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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