With an address in Santa Ana, California, South Coast Post Acute is one of eight available facilities in this city. We awarded this facility an elite overall grade of A-. As a matter of fact, this is ranked among the three highest graded nursing homes in Santa Ana. We couldn't find many negative things to say about this place. Its ratings are just impeccable. We also gave this nursing home phenomenal grades in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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South Coast Post Acute
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to emphasize that this facility earned an impressive grade of A in our short-term care category. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is frequently a reliable assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. It doesn't look like this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that returned home from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This facility has earned near flawless inspections recently. We gave them an A in this area. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. The nursing grade assesses a handful of components, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is long-term care. We gave this facility one of our higher scores in this area, with a B. Even though this is not as favorable as several of this nursing home's other grades, it is still a positive score. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.77551 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
South Coast Post Acute Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In South Coast Post Acute, 9.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In South Coast Post Acute, 0.27% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents which suffered falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In South Coast Post Acute, 1.09% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In South Coast Post Acute, 21.34% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In South Coast Post Acute, 24.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents which were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In South Coast Post Acute, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In South Coast Post Acute, 99.16% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In South Coast Post Acute, 3.13% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In South Coast Post Acute, 4.57% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In South Coast Post Acute, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In South Coast Post Acute, 4.57% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In South Coast Post Acute, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In South Coast Post Acute, 72.34% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Santa Ana, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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Nearby Hospitals
- South Coast Global Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.41 miles away2701 S Bristol St Santa Ana California 92704Proprietary(714) 754-5454
- Fountain Valley Regional Hospital & Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.12 miles away17100 Euclid Street Fountain Valley California 92708Proprietary(714) 966-7200
- Orange County Global Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.76 miles away1001 North Tustin Avenue Santa Ana California 92705Proprietary(714) 953-3610
- Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.31 miles away9920 Talbert Avenue Fountain Valley California 92708Proprietary(714) 378-7406
- Garden Grove Hospital & Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.44 miles away12601 Garden Grove Blvd Garden Grove California 92843Proprietary(714) 537-5160
- University of California Irvine Med CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.48 miles away101 City Drive South Orange California 92868Government - Local(714) 456-6112
- St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.65 miles away1100 West Stewart Dr Orange California 92868Voluntary non-profit - Church(714) 633-9111
- Chapman Global Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.83 miles away2601 E Chapman Ave Orange California 92869Proprietary(714) 633-0011
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc-Santa Ana Dialysis0.46 miles away2740 S. Bristol Street, Suite 110 Santa Ana California 92704CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (714) 754-1670
- Davita-Santa Ana Dialysis Center1.98 miles away1820 E. Deere Avenue Santa Ana California 92705CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (949) 251-1221
- Fmc-Newport Mesa Dialysis Services2.5 miles away1175 Baker Street, Suite B Costa Mesa California 92626CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (714) 641-5808
- Davita-Costa Mesa Dialysis2.66 miles away1590 Scenic Avenue Costa Mesa California 92626CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (714) 540-9401
- Fmc-Rai-Fountain Valley Home2.7 miles away17197 Newhope Street, Suite E Fountain Valley California 92708Dialysis Stations: 3 (714) 435-0281
- Davita-Fountain Valley Dialysis3.23 miles away17150 Euclid Street, Suite 111 Fountain Valley California 92708CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (714) 966-1595
- Fmc-South Orange County3.23 miles away2020 E. First Street, Suite 100 Santa Ana California 92705CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (714) 972-1236
- St. Joseph Hospital Dialysis Center-Santa Ana3.31 miles away2212 E. 4th Street, Suite 101 Santa Ana California 92705CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (714) 571-7850