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The Ellison John Transitional Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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43830 10th Street West,
Lancaster CA 93534

(661) 494-8600

90.82% estimated occupancy 1

The Ellison John Transitional Care Center is a large nursing home located in Lancaster, California. This facility received a concerning overall grade of D based on the data we looked at. This wasn't the worse facility we found, however, we would still struggle to recommend it. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was nursing, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

Although this facility's overall score was not a highlight, it received a decent score in the area of nursing. We awarded it a B- for that category. When determining our nursing grades, we assess both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's second most favorable category is short-term care. We gave it a B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The more important thing is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Another unfortunate development is the F this nursing home was given in the category of long-term care. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this facility also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Moving on the last category of inspections, this facility fared very poorly. Sadly, it received an F in our inspection rating. This is our most heavily weighted category in our scoring system. For places with bad inspection scores, you should focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This facility was hit with 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, we want to point out that this nursing home was assessed significant government fines recently exceeding $50,000. This typically indicates that inspectors grew tired after multiple years of failed inspections.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

The Ellison John Transitional Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 11.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 1.39% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients who experienced a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 0.5% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 6.04% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. 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 situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 10.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 11.17% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 100% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 3.97% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 5.2% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 5.2% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 14.78% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In The Ellison John Transitional Care Center, 84.97% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Lancaster, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of D

Looking for more options? Lancaster, California has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Antelope Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.95 miles away1600 W Ave J Lancaster California 93534Government - Hospital District or Authority(661) 949-5000
  • Palmdale Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.46 miles away38600 Medical Center Drive Palmdale California 93552Proprietary(661) 382-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Antelope Valley Kidney Institute0.5 miles away43932 15th Street, Suite 103 Lancaster California 93534CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (661) 945-7755
  • Davita-Antelope Valley Dialysis1.21 miles away1759 W. Avenue J, Suite 102 Lancaster California 93534CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (661) 942-6400
  • Fmc-Antelope Valley1.98 miles away44950 Valley Central Way, Suite 108 Lancaster California 93536CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (661) 729-5680
  • High Desert Hemodialysis6.31 miles away1007 W. Avenue M-14, Suite B Palmdale California 93551Dialysis Stations: 10 (661) 265-7810
  • Davita Palms Valley Dialysis6.53 miles away38454 5th Street West Palmdale California 93551Dialysis Stations: 34 (661) 267-9910
  • Davita-Palmdale Regional Dialysis7.43 miles away1643 E. Palmdale Blvd. Palmdale California 93550CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (661) 540-0925
  • East Palmdale Dialysis Center7.93 miles away2710 E. Palmdale Blvd. Palmdale California 93550Dialysis Stations: 20 (661) 456-1500