Trellis Chino

This facility received a strong overall grade as described above, but we especially would like to emphasize its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an A in this category. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so well is that it was awarded a dominant short-term care score. Indeed, short-term care turned out to be its second highest category score. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of A-. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

This nursing home was awarded its next most favorable category score in the area of long-term care. We gave this facility a B- in this category, which is a respectable score. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We weren't able to find this place's vaccination data. Lastly, this nursing home excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The final category we looked at was nursing. This facility received an above average nursing rating this year, with a B-. Although this wasn't quite as strong as a few of its other category grades, this is still a decent score in this area. We analyzed the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our score in this category. This place provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, our nursing grades also consider some quality-focused statistics. We especially like to look at the percent of residents who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these issues.