Valley Vista Nursing and Transitional Care

This nursing home received a strong overall grade as described above, but we especially wanted to emphasize its excellent nursing score. We awarded them a grade of A in this category. We assessed the qualifications of nurses working for the facility, as well as the number of hours the nurses were with residents, in computing our score in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home California in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a resident more often.

This facility is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It outpaced most nursing homes in this category. Short-term care ratings are meaningful for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

This nursing home earned a B for its inspections grade. This is an above average grade in this category. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 11 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

The last category we scored was long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility an acceptable grade of B-. This actually proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.