With an address in Chula Vista, California, Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility is one of four nursing homes in this area. Sporting an overall score of A+, this facility is clearly a top-shelf nursing home. Indeed, this proved to be the best facility in the city. If you look below, you can see this nursing home's category ratings, which appear to be just as strong as its overall rating.
Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
- Aquatic Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. There are many factors included in this area. Many of these datapoints are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.7 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 prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
This top-shelf facility also performed well in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Compounding its fine assessment, this nursing home also received an excellent long-term care score, with a grade of A. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 98.830414 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
Lastly, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an impressive grade of A-. With this impressive grade, this place is one of the few nursing homes in California to earn straight A's. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 4.64% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 95.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 9.83 Percentage 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
In Sharp Chula Vista Med Center Senior Nursing Faciility, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Chula Vista, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- 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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Chula Vista, California has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away751 Medical Center Court Chula Vista California 91911Proprietary(619) 502-5800
- Paradise Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.89 miles away2400 East 4th St National City California 91950Proprietary(619) 470-4321
- Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr CtrAcute Care Hospitals 9.99 miles away250 Prospect Place Coronado California 92118Proprietary(619) 435-6251
- Nmc San DiegoAcute Care - Department of Defense 10.32 miles away34800 Bob Wilson Drive San Diego California 92134Department of Defense(619) 532-6400
- Grossmont HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.12 miles away5555 Grossmont Center Drive Box 58 La Mesa California 91942Government - Hospital District or Authority(619) 465-0711
- Alvarado Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.16 miles away6655 Alvarado Road San Diego California 92120Proprietary(619) 229-3172
- Scripps Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.3 miles away4077 5th Ave San Diego California 92103Voluntary non-profit - Private(619) 294-8111
- Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrAcute Care Hospitals 12.62 miles away200 West Arbor Drive San Diego California 92103Voluntary non-profit - Other(619) 543-6222
Nearby Dialysis
- u.s. Renal Care Chula Vista Broadway Dialysis3.32 miles away1181 Broadway, Suite 5 Chula Vista California 91911CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (619) 585-0016
- Home Dialysis Therapies of San Diego-South3.4 miles away2060 Otay Lakes Road, Suite 120 Chula Vista California 91913Dialysis Stations: 4 (619) 422-0003
- u.s. Renal Care Chula Vista Home Dialysis3.43 miles away2082 Otay Lakes Road, Suite 101 Chula Vista California 91915Dialysis Stations: 3 (619) 482-8207
- u.s. Renal Care Chula Vista Dialysis3.5 miles away2084 Otay Lakes Rd Ste 101 Chula Vista California 91915Dialysis Stations: 15 (619) 397-0262
- Fmc-Balboa South Bay Home Therapies3.77 miles away340 4th Avenue, Suite 18 Chula Vista California 91910Dialysis Stations: 5 (619) 420-1798
- Fmc-San Ysidro Dialysis Center3.92 miles away3010 Del Sol Blvd. San Diego California 92154CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (619) 429-9690
- Fmc-Chula Vista Dialysis Center-South3.97 miles away2252 Verus Street, Suite D San Diego California 92154CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (619) 429-9201
- Davita-San Ysidro Dialysis4.04 miles away1445 30th Street, Suite a and B San Diego California 92154CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (619) 575-3901