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Villa Elena Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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13226 Studebaker Rd,
Norwalk CA 90650

(562) 868-0591

72.82% estimated occupancy 1

Villa Elena Healthcare Center is a facility in Norwalk, California, which has 105,549 people. This facility is a well below average nursing home. A score of this caliber suggests we found a few red flags. This facility seems to have very little working in its favor. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we did not have many favorable things to say about this place's overall score, it earned a respectable government inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent score in this category with a score of B-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's short-term care score turns out to be one of its best features. The nursing home was given a B- in this category. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than a typical facility. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. In determining our nursing scores, we analyze both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This figure is significantly below the national average. Lastly, nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the last area we looked at. In this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of just D. For residents looking for a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. Thankfully, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Villa Elena Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 15.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 1.52% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 0.53% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 16.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 15.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 98.5% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 9.46% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 9.3% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 9.3% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Villa Elena Healthcare Center, 59.2% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Norwalk, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Downey1.81 miles awayCapd Department-Basement, 9333 E. Imperial Hwy Downey California 90242Dialysis Stations: 6 (562) 657-9170
  • Davita-Downey Landing Dialysis Center2.09 miles away11611 Bellflower Blvd. Downey California 90241CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (562) 862-0001
  • Davita-Norwalk Dialysis Center2.2 miles away12375 E. Imperial Highway Norwalk California 90650CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (562) 929-7430
  • Davita-Iowa Street Dialysis2.73 miles away8333 Iowa Street, Suite 100 Downey California 90241CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (562) 923-5901
  • Davita-Paramount Dialysis Center2.82 miles away15625 Lakewood Blvd. Paramount California 90723CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (562) 790-2478