Located in Sylmar, California, The Grove Post-Acute Care Center is one of five available nursing homes in this city. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some solid marks. This grade is not too far off the city grade for Sylmar, which is a B-. The best part of this facility's report card is is its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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The Grove Post-Acute Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's best category score came in the area of nursing. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B. It actually outperformed most facilities in this area. Our nursing grade includes several components, however, the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a decent grade in the category of long-term care, with a B-. Our long-term care ratings are more important for patients in need of more traditional assistance related to activities of daily living. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 90.10417 percent of its patients. This is quite a bit lower than what we expected. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded its next most favorable category grade in the category of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in this area, which is a decent score. In our short-term care grade, we try to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The last metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Turning the last area of government inspections, we gave this facility a C for this category. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility had 10 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were category G through L deficiencies. This tells you it dodged the more serious classes of deficiencies. We really didn't consider anything on this nursing home's inspection report to be too alarming.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Grove Post-Acute Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 2.96% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 2.08% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 5.08% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 15.91% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 11.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 93.11% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 2.88% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 8.3% of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that retained mobility levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 8.3% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 6.04% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Grove Post-Acute Care Center, 80.05% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Sylmar, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of C
Looking for more options? Sylmar, California has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.7 miles away15031 Rinaldi St Mission Hills California 91346Voluntary non-profit - Church(818) 365-8051
- Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.94 miles away14445 Olive View Drive Sylmar California 91342Voluntary non-profit - Other(818) 364-1555
- Pacifica Hospital of the ValleyAcute Care Hospitals 4.76 miles away9449 San Fernando Rd Sun Valley California 91352Proprietary(818) 767-3310
- Northridge Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.44 miles away18300 Roscoe Blvd Northridge California 91325Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 885-8500
- Sherman Oaks HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.58 miles away4929 Van Nuys Blvd Sherman Oaks California 91403Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 981-7111
- Providence Tarzana Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.2 miles away18321 Clark Street Tarzana California 91356Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 881-0800
- Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 11.79 miles away501 South Buena Vista Street Burbank California 91505Voluntary non-profit - Church(818) 843-5111
- Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.46 miles away1812 Verdugo Blvd Glendale California 91209Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 790-7100
Nearby Dialysis
- Nrc-Sylmar Dialysis, LLC0.75 miles away12151 San Fernando Rd. Sylmar California 91342CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (818) 465-9464
- Fmc-San Fernando1.32 miles away451 S. Brand Blvd., Suite 100 San Fernando California 91340CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (818) 837-9980
- Fmc-Rai-South Brand-San Fernando1.32 miles away501 S. Brand Blvd. San Fernando California 91340Dialysis Stations: 5 (818) 365-5270
- Holy Cross Renal Center2.47 miles away14901 Rinaldi Street, Suite 100 Mission Hills California 91345CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 52 (818) 365-6961
- Fmc-Mission Hills2.47 miles away11550 Indian Hills Road, Suite 100 Mission Hills California 91345CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (818) 898-1724
- Nrc-Kidney Care Center of North Valley, Inc4.36 miles away16907 Devonshire Street Granada Hills California 91344CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (818) 366-4600
- Laurel Canyon Dialysis, LLC5.19 miles away8987 Laurel Canyon Blvd. Sun Valley California 91352CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (818) 771-9950
- u.s. Renal Care Panorama City Dialysis5.34 miles away14600 Roscoe Blvd. Panorama City California 91402CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (818) 901-9822