Saint Claire's Nursing Center
6248 66th Avenue, Sacramento CA 95823 · (916) 392-4440 · 91.91% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Saint Claire's Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Sacramento, California. With a terrible overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. This facility didn't have much going for it. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. In computing our nursing scores, we analyze both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also considered some quality-based metrics. This place scored well in some of the quality measures we looked at. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average. This is often an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided with better nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also pleasantly surprised to learn that this nursing home earned a somewhat respectable long-term care grade in our assessment. We gave it a C in that category. With our long-term care category, we focus on the quantity of care provided by a facility, along with a series of qualitative datapoints. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 82.97298 percent of its patients. This is pretty significantly below the national average. The last datapoint we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 1.9 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is also slightly below the national average.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. In fact, it only received a grade of D for its inspection grade. Our inspection grades factor in many items on the nursing home's inspection reports. If you see too many deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is typically a bad sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 13 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we scored was short-term care, in which this facility received a very poor score here also. It received an abysmal F for this category, which is obviously a major concern. In our short-term care category, we endeavor to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Based on its grade in this category, we were not stunned to learn that this place is well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the measures we looked at. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 40 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Saint Claire's Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better