Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled at short-term care, where it received an A. Few facilities fared better in this area. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Building on its strong performance in other categories, we awarded this facility an B+ for our nursing rating. Nursing ratings are largely based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning patients more often.

Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our more positive grades in our long-term care category as well, with a B+. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find this place's vaccination data. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

In the final category we looked at, we found that this facility received a solid inspection report this year as well. As a result, it earned a decent grade in inspections with a B-. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.