Located in Santa Barbara, California, Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility is one of seven available nursing homes in this city. Featuring an overall score of A, it is ranked among the top five facilities in the city. This is really as good of a place as you're going to find. This nursing home also received phenomenal ratings in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Meal Delivery
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
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Short-term Care Quality
On top of faring well in its overall grade, this facility received an excellent short-term care rating. We gave it an A in that area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also fared very well in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Very few facilities performed better in this category. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.29078 percent of its residents, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Facility Inspections
Tallying yet another strong category grade, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a score of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our inspection grades are based on several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
In the final area, this facility also received a very strong nursing score, with a B+. This completed a very favorable profile. In computing a facility's nursing grade, we consider the amount of time nurses are seeing patients as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 11.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 2.13% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who had a fall resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.54% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 13.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 7.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 2.94% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 98.33% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 12.84% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many believe this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 13.3% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 13.3% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 11.54% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, 84.92% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Santa Barbara, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Santa Barbara, California has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.44 miles away400 West Pueblo Santa Barbara California 93102Voluntary non-profit - Private(805) 682-7111
- Goleta Valley Cottage HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.48 miles away351 S Patterson Ave Santa Barbara California 93111Voluntary non-profit - Other(805) 681-6446
Nearby Dialysis
- Santa Barbara Artificial Kidney Center, LLC1.61 miles away1704 State Street Santa Barbara California 93101CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (805) 682-9942
- Fmc-Santa Barbara Community Dialysis Center1.83 miles away222 Pesetas Lane Santa Barbara California 93110Dialysis Stations: 14 (805) 964-7873