The Pavilion at Sunny Hills
2222 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton CA 92835 · (714) 992-5701 · 62.36% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Located in Fullerton, California, The Pavilion at Sunny Hills is one of seven nursing homes in this area. Sporting an overall grade of B, this is a very respectable option. The facilities in Fullerton received high scores across the board with a B+ city grade, making this one of the best places in California to find a nursing home. The best aspect of this facility's impressive report card is its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 300 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a quality overall score, this nursing home also received strong government inspections in recent years. We awarded them a favorable score in this category, with a grade of B+. Our inspection grades are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility was given a favorable short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that area with a score of B+. With our short-term care grade, we attempt to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy staffing, we found that it performed as well as just about any facility in this area with 59.6 percent of its residents returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this metric.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our next area, this nursing home also received a grade of B for its long-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this category. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to offering very impressive levels of nursing care, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This figure is also far better than the average nursing home. This combination proved to be successful as this place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.68 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
The last category we scored is nursing. For this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. Our nursing grade analyzes quite a few components, but the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. With 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the vast majority of facilities. Finally, our nursing scores also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed better than average in this metric.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Pavilion at Sunny Hills Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better