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Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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2635 Honolulu Ave,
Montrose CA 91020

(818) 248-6856

81.01% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Montrose, California, Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center is one of a mere two available facilities in this area. This nursing home proved to be a respectable facility, with an overall grade of B-. You could definitely do worse than this nursing home. One of the better aspects of this facility's report card is its strong short-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home earned a short-term care grade which is stronger than its overall grade. We gave this facility a B+ in this category. This really helped its overall profile. Our short-term care scores are presumably more meaningful for those needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

This nursing home's inspection grade exceeded its overall score as well. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a B. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite insignificant. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

Another reason we rated this facility so highly is that it earned an A+ nursing score. Our nursing grade consists of several datapoints, but the most important one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures 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 often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning a patient at least once a day.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The final area we scored was long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of B- in this category. In computing our long-term care ratings, we scrutinize the assistance with daily living offered to a facility's residents. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. This facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 8.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 1% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 2.67% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients who experienced a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 19.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, 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

Grade: A

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 11.02% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 7.22% of Patients

This is the percent of patients demonstrating signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 100% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 8.97% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate the erosion of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 5.2% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 5.2% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 1.02% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing & Wellness Center, 95.31% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.22 miles away1812 Verdugo Blvd Glendale California 91209Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 790-7100
  • Glendale Adventist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.2 miles away1509 E Wilson Terrace Glendale California 91206Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 409-8202
  • Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.75 miles away1420 S Central Ave Glendale California 91204Voluntary non-profit - Private(818) 502-1900
  • Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 6.24 miles away501 South Buena Vista Street Burbank California 91505Voluntary non-profit - Church(818) 843-5111
  • Huntington Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.12 miles away100 W California Blvd Pasadena California 91109Voluntary non-profit - Other(626) 397-5000
  • Children's Hosp of Los AngelesChildrens 8.23 miles away4650 Sunset Blvd, Ms 108 Los Angeles California 90027Voluntary non-profit - Private(323) 669-2164
  • Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.37 miles away1300 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles California 90027Proprietary(213) 413-3000
  • Southern California Hospital at HollywoodAcute Care Hospitals 9.22 miles away6245 De Longpre Ave Los Angeles California 90028Proprietary(323) 462-2271

Nearby Dialysis

  • u.s. Renal Care Verdugo Hills Dialysis2.52 miles away1808 Verdugo Blvd., Suite 200 Glendale California 91208Dialysis Stations: 25 (818) 790-0712
  • Davita-North Glendale4.13 miles away1505 Wilson Terrace, Suite 190 Glendale California 91206CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (818) 637-8348
  • Davita-Burbank Dialysis4.93 miles away1211 N. San Fernando Blvd. Burbank California 91504CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (818) 842-5576
  • Fmc-West Glendale5.07 miles away623 South Central Avenue Glendale California 91204Dialysis Stations: 24 (818) 240-1065
  • Davita-Glendale Dialysis5.33 miles away1000 E. Palmer Avenue Glendale California 91205CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (818) 241-6382
  • Davita-West Glendale Dialysis5.7 miles away1427 S. Glendale Avenue Glendale California 91205CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (818) 241-0016
  • Fmc-Burbank5.97 miles away2031 Alameda Avenue, Suite 202 Burbank California 91506CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (818) 845-3830
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset6.79 miles awayDialysis Unit 4700 Sunset Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles California 90027CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (323) 783-5580