Veterans Home of California - Chula Vista

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. The nursing grade weighs several subcategories, however, the primary consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place California in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving a patient more frequently.

Another reason we rated this facility so highly is that it was given an A+ long-term care score. This is flat out as dominant as it gets in this area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 97.30186 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Moving on our third category, this nursing home received first-rate short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in this category. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Turning to our inspection category, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the nursing home's recent inspections. In fact, we awarded it an elite grade of A- for that category. This topped off its straight A report card. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.