Spring Valley Post Acute
14973 Hesperia Road, Victorville CA 92392 · (760) 245-6477 · 97.69% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Spring Valley Post Acute is a large nursing home in Victorville, California. Featuring an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Victorville. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 126 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
Although we gave this facility an abysmal overall score, we awarded it a B- for long-term care. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 4.9 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this figure is somewhat concerning, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Nurse Quality
We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Our nursing grade is mostly associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. With 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily, this place surpassed the national average. We also look at the skill levels of nurses and add more weight to hours worked by skilled nurses. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This place was above average in two of the major statistics we assessed, with good scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These datapoints are generally good measures of the quality of nursing care available.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home didn't perform horribly in inspections. We gave them a grade of C for that area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite minor. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in categories G through L. This tells you it dodged the more serious categories of deficiencies. Finally, they also received 7 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is certainly not a great sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was short-term care, which was this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this nursing home a D in that category. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 39.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Spring Valley Post Acute Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were administered 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 datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better