Simi Valley Care Center
5270 E Los Angeles Ave, Simi Valley CA 93063 · (805) 522-9155 · 89.49% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Simi Valley Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Simi Valley, California. This nursing home received an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road rating. This nursing home has some things going for it. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, it does not look like we have deficiency data for this facility. We wish we had more data for this nursing home. Without deficiency data, it was difficult to assess this facility in the inspections category.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was awarded strong short-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our higher scores in that category, with a B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second highest score. In determining our short-term care grades, we look at a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is often a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. It was above average in this area with 53.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best area is long-term care. We gave it a B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this category. Long-term care grades are crucial for residents requiring personal care. On top of offering quality levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This percentage is better than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. With 1.92 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this place was not too far off the national average.
Nurse Quality
The final area we analyzed was nursing, which is this facility's least impressive category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this area. Naturally, this score pulled down the facility's overall grade to some degree. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses at the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses were with residents, in determining our grade in this area. We do not think quantity of care was the reason for this places poor nursing rating. With 4.8 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, this place actually surpassed the national average. Despite performing well in terms of nursing hours, this nursing home didn't fare as well in the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home was above the national average in both metrics.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Simi Valley Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better