Saratoga Retirement Community is one of only two available nursing homes located in Saratoga, California. It looks like this nursing home is one of the better facilities we looked at. A score in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. We simply can not say enough good things about this place. The best part of this facility's strong profile is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section
Saratoga Retirement Community
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Aquatic Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall rating, this nursing home earned an A+ inspection score. This is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This top notch facility also fared very well in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.95288 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. The nursing score features many factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we scored was short-term care. This nursing home received an above average short-term care rating this year, with a C. Although this isn't as good as many of its other category grades, this is still a decent rating in this area. Short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Saratoga Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for several conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 4.64% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 95.44% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Saratoga Retirement Community, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Good Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.7 miles away2425 Samaritan Drive San Jose California 95124Proprietary(408) 559-2011
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa ClaraAcute Care Hospitals 5.51 miles away700 Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara California 95051Voluntary non-profit - Private(408) 236-6400
- Kaiser Permanente Psychiatric Health Facility-SantPsychiatric 5.63 miles away3840 Homestead Road Santa Clara California 95051Proprietary(408) 851-4850
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.89 miles away751 South Bascom Avenue San Jose California 95128Government - Local(408) 885-5000
- O'connor HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.34 miles away2105 Forest Avenue San Jose California 95128Voluntary non-profit - Private(408) 947-2500
- El Camino HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.63 miles away2500 Grant Road Mountain View California 94040Government - Hospital District or Authority(650) 940-7000
- Regional Medical Center of San JoseAcute Care Hospitals 11.54 miles away225 N Jackson Avenue San Jose California 95116Government - Federal(408) 259-5000
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseAcute Care Hospitals 11.67 miles away250 Hospital Parkway San Jose California 95119Voluntary non-profit - Private(408) 972-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Los Gatos Dialysis Center2.86 miles away14251 Winchester Blvd Suite 100 Los Gatos California 95032Dialysis Stations: 16 (408) 370-6756
- Satellite Dialysis Los Gatos3.17 miles away53 Los Gatos Saratoga Road Los Gatos California 95032Dialysis Stations: 17 (408) 458-4460
- Fmc Los Gatos3.55 miles away14651 South Bascom Suite 100 Los Gatos California 95032CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (408) 358-3791
- Satellite Dialysis Stevens Creek4.88 miles away4360-a Stevens Creek Blvd San Jose California 95129CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 42 (408) 517-5777
- Stevens Creek Dialysis Center4.89 miles away275 Di Salvo Ave San Jose California 95128CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (408) 297-0103
- San Jose at Home4.89 miles away4400 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite 50 San Jose California 95129Dialysis Stations: 4 (408) 985-2011
- Davita Santa Clara Dialysis Center5.63 miles away777 Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara California 95051Dialysis Stations: 24 (408) 243-1130
- Satellite Healthcare San Jose5.8 miles away888 South Bascom Avenue San Jose California 95128CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (408) 855-6900