Sierra Vista Healthcare is located in the large metropolitan area of Fresno, California with a total of 570,271 people. It looks like this nursing home is one of the more impressive nursing homes we assessed. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate scores across the board. Even in a city with 20 other nursing homes, this facility stands out as a first-rate choice. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph
Sierra Vista Healthcare
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned a strong short-term care score. This turned out to be its best category. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A. In crafting our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. We were not able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
This facility has earned near flawless government inspections recently. We gave them an A- in this category. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was elite in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Not many nursing homes fared better in this category. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
In the final category we graded, this nursing home received a very favorable grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this grade, the facility topped off a very favorable report card. The nursing grade consists of several subcategories, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home 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.
Sierra Vista Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that had a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 4.64% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 95.44% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is vital to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Sierra Vista Healthcare, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Fresno, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Fresno, California has 19 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
- Community Dialysis Center2.06 miles away215 North Fresno Street Suite 150 Fresno California 93701CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (559) 459-3901
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- Palm Bluffs Dialysis Center8.85 miles away770 West Pinedale Ave Fresno California 93711CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (559) 438-8512
- Fresno Dialysis Center8.98 miles away4753 West Shaw Avenue, Suite 101 Fresno California 93722CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 276-4231