Terrace View Care Center is a small nursing home located in Fullerton, California. We awarded this nursing home an overall rating of A, which is an elite rating. In fact, this is actually ranked among the three highest graded nursing homes in the city. We really can not say enough favorable things about this place. Headlining this place's exemplary report card is its long-term care rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Terrace View Care Center
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was strong in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of A. Only a select group of nursing homes fared better in this category. Our short-term care ratings are probably most meaningful for individuals needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with an A-. Our inspection scores are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
In our last category, we awarded this nursing home an A- for our nursing score. This rounded out an elite report card. The nursing rating weighs many data points. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This nursing home fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided with better nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Terrace View Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Terrace View Care Center, 6% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Terrace View Care Center, 1.61% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who experienced falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Terrace View Care Center, 4.92% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care patients who had urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this statistic may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Terrace View Care Center, 8.06% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Terrace View Care Center, 16.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Terrace View Care Center, 10.17% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Terrace View Care Center, 100% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Terrace View Care Center, 11.67% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Terrace View Care Center, 18.37% of Residents
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Terrace View Care Center, 18.37% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Terrace View Care Center, 6.94% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Terrace View Care Center, 92.46% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Fullerton, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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