Valley West Post Acute
1224 E Street, Williams CA 95987 · (888) 309-0022 · 90.4% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Valley West Post Acute is located in Williams, California. The city has 5,992 people. With an overall grade of D, this is a lower end nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Williams. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive nursing score. You can continue reading to find out about nursing and other category grades
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While this facility's overall score was not a highlight, it really excelled in nursing. We awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. The nursing score weighs many factors. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This nursing home provides 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is better than what is offered by most facilities. Finally, this nursing home also fared even better in most of the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, it had a low rate of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these metrics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
One of this nursing home's higher category scores was in the category of long-term care. This turned out to be its second most favorable category. In that area, we awarded this facility a B-. Our long-term care ratings are more meaningful for individuals needing more traditional assistance associated with personal care. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinates 99.709305 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.46 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we graded was short-term care, where this nursing home was given an F. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Given its weak score in this category, we were not shocked to learn that this place offered significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 19.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this category more heavily than our other categories. When a place has this bad of an inspection grade, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This facility was assessed 6 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a threat to resident health or safety. Lastly, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was assessed large government fines of over $100,000. This often signifies that a facility's poor track record spanned more than one year.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Valley West Post Acute Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this metric may also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better