University Post-Acute Rehab
2120 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento CA 95817 · (916) 452-6631 · 88.21% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
University Post-Acute Rehab is a small nursing home in Sacramento, California. Featuring an overall score of A, this is undoubtedly a world class facility. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the nation. Headlining this facility's exemplary profile is its short-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 56 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ short-term care grade. This is as good as it gets in this category. In calculating our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This area is typically a fair measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. This facility excelled in two key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it supplied about 50% more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than a typical facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that returned home from this nursing home. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy, we found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in the country with 62.5 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility an A+. In computing our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This place provides an incredible 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Very few nursing homes provide this quantity of nursing care to their patients. Out of this total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this facility also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, it performed as well as any facility in California in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered.
Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a solid score in this area, with a B-. Even though this isn't on par with a few of this nursing home's other scores, it is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. In our long-term care category, we focus on the amount of services offered by a nursing home, as well as a series of qualitative data points. In addition to offering very solid levels of nursing care, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 95.55556 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.46 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
University Post-Acute Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many believe this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of 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
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better