Ventura Post Acute is a small nursing home located in Ventura, California. We gave this nursing home a superb overall rating of A-. As a matter of fact, this proved to be the highest graded nursing home in the city. Based on all of the relevant data, you can't go wrong with this facility. The best part of this facility's strong profile is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
Ventura Post Acute
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is that it earned an impressive grade in inspections. In fact, inspections ended up being its best category. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A. Our inspection scores are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Nursing grades are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded a favorable short-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that area with a grade of B. In determining our short-term care grades, we analyze a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is often a useful measure of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a strong grade of B. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. One of the data points we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to avoid negative health outcomes for the elderly population. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ventura Post Acute Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ventura Post Acute, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ventura Post Acute, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term residents which have had falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ventura Post Acute, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ventura Post Acute, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ventura Post Acute, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients that are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ventura Post Acute, 4.64% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ventura Post Acute, 95.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ventura Post Acute, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ventura Post Acute, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Ventura Post Acute, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ventura Post Acute, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ventura Post Acute, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ventura Post Acute, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Ventura County Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.73 miles away300 Hillmont Avenue Ventura California 93003Government - Local(805) 652-6075
- Community Memorial Hospital San BuenaventuraAcute Care Hospitals 0.92 miles away147 N Brent St Ventura California 93003Voluntary non-profit - Private(805) 652-5011
- St Johns Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.44 miles away1600 N Rose Ave Oxnard California 93030Voluntary non-profit - Private(805) 988-2500
- Ojai Valley Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 11.49 miles away1306 Maricopa Hwy Ojai California 93023Voluntary non-profit - Private(805) 640-2280
- St Johns Pleasant Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.02 miles away2309 Antonio Ave Camarillo California 93010Voluntary non-profit - Church(805) 389-5800
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc-Ventura1.56 miles away4567 Telephone Road, Suite 101 Ventura California 93003CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (805) 658-9211
- Davita-Dialysis Center of Ventura2.62 miles away2705 Loma Vista Road, Suite 101 Ventura California 93003CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (805) 643-7549
- Davita-Channel Islands5.72 miles away3541 W 5th Street, ste.A Oxnard California 93030CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (805) 984-5140
- Fmc-Oxnard6.47 miles away1801 Holser Walk, Suite 310 Oxnard California 93030CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (805) 988-3339
- Davita-Oxnard Dialysis Center6.75 miles away1900 Outlet Center Dr. Oxnard California 93036CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (805) 278-3961
- Fmc-Dialysis Services Channel Islands8.07 miles away2679 S. Saviers Road, Suite B Oxnard California 93033CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (805) 486-2929
- Davita-Dialysis Center of Santa Paula10.4 miles away253 March Street Santa Paula California 93060CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (805) 525-3977
- Fmc-Camarillo Dialysis Center10.75 miles away3801 Las Posas Road, Suite 103 Camarillo California 93010Dialysis Stations: 15 (805) 388-2449