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Santa Monica Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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1320 20th Street,
Santa Monica CA 90404

(310) 829-4301

89.83% estimated occupancy 1

Santa Monica Health Care Center is a small nursing home located in Santa Monica, California. Sporting an overall rating of B+, we graded this facility as ranked among the top three nursing homes in Santa Monica. Overall grades in this range are a strong indicator of a very good facility. Even in a city featuring 11 other nursing homes, this nursing home really stands out as a fine selection. Scroll down to find this facility's category scores, which are also impressive. It is hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership

Awards

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Best Nursing Home in Santa Monica, California Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Santa Monica, California badge

Best Nursing Home in Santa Monica, California Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

To pair with its strong overall score, this nursing home earned a B+ for our short-term care category. This is an above average score in this category. Our short-term care ratings are important for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also received a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is an above average score in this category. Facilities that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the senior population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also earned top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of B+. Inspection ratings are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

The next category we scored is nursing, in which this nursing home was awarded a B. This facility did not turn out to have any weak spots. Nursing scores are tied to nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 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 nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Santa Monica Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 7.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percentage of long-term patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 2.14% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who had falls which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 0.75% of Patients had UTIs

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 18.03% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 11.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 0% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 100% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 12.12% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 9.39% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 9.39% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 14.69% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Santa Monica Health Care Center, 87.15% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.

Scores for Santa Monica, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus

Looking for more options? Santa Monica, California has 10 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Providence Saint John's Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.16 miles away2121 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica California 90404Voluntary non-profit - Private(310) 829-5511
  • Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.33 miles away1250 16th Street Santa Monica California 90404Voluntary non-profit - Private(310) 319-4000
  • Ronald Reagan U C L a Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.09 miles away757 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles California 90095Government - State(310) 825-6301
  • Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UclaPsychiatric 3.15 miles away150 Medical Plaza-Rm-4230c Los Angeles California 90095Government - State(310) 825-6962
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.52 miles away8700 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles California 90048Voluntary non-profit - Other(310) 423-5000
  • Sherman Oaks HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.16 miles away4929 Van Nuys Blvd Sherman Oaks California 91403Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 981-7111
  • Southern California Hospital at HollywoodAcute Care Hospitals 9.92 miles away6245 De Longpre Ave Los Angeles California 90028Proprietary(323) 462-2271
  • Providence Tarzana Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.2 miles away18321 Clark Street Tarzana California 91356Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 881-0800

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita-Santa Monica Dialysis0.41 miles away1260 15th Street, Suite 102 Santa Monica California 90404CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (310) 393-4744
  • Davita-Mar Vista0.97 miles away2020 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 100 & 120 Santa Monica California 90404CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (310) 453-4900
  • Davita-Century City Dialysis Center3.12 miles away10630 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles California 90025CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (310) 954-2700
  • Fmc-Culver City Dialysis3.8 miles away9432 Venice Blvd. Culver City California 90230CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (310) 836-2237
  • Davita-Beverlywood Dialysis4.45 miles away2080 Century Park East, Suite 210 Los Angeles California 90067Dialysis Stations: 13 (310) 772-0224
  • u.s. Renal Care Culver City4.84 miles away9808 Venice Blvd., Suite 200 Culver City California 90232Dialysis Stations: 18 (310) 841-0500
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- West Los Angeles4.87 miles awayDialysis Unit 6041 Cadillac Avenue, Suite 442 Los Angeles California 90034Dialysis Stations: 4 (323) 857-3245
  • u.s. Renal Care West Los Angeles Dialysis6.02 miles away1801 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles California 90035CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (310) 840-5688

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