Sun Mar Nursing Center
1720 West Orange Avenue, Anaheim CA 92804 · (714) 776-1720 · 91.01% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Sun Mar Nursing Center is a small nursing home located in Anaheim, California. We gave this facility a strong overall score of A-. In fact, we ranked it as the fifth best facility in Anaheim. Anaheim offers a slew of other nursing homes, however, it is doubtful you will need to look at too many others. This one is a first class option. This facility also received consistently good grades in all of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 69 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of faring well overall, this nursing home earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it earned one of our best grades in that area with an A+. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides high levels of nursing care, with an average of 4 hours per resident daily. This is more nursing care than most nursing homes provide. Finally, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed as well as any nursing home the country in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also was given favorable short-term care scores this year. Indeed, we gave it one of our higher scores in that area, with a grade of B+. With our short-term care grade, we endeavor to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who returned home from this facility. This place fared better than most nursing homes in the country with 53.5 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed is long-term care. We gave this nursing home one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of B. Even though this wasn't as dominant as several of this nursing home's other grades, it is still a fine score. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a life or death health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. This facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sun Mar Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better