Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our short-term care category. Our short-term care scores are thought to be more important for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we gave this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. When calculating our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

In the final area, we awarded this nursing home a A for our long-term care rating. This rounded out a very favorable report card. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. We weren't able to find this facility's vaccination rates. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.