Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center is a large nursing home located in El Cajon, California. This proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our analysis, you could do much worse than this place. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card is its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of earning a strong overall rating, this nursing home fared even better in our inspections category which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that area, which is one of our best scores. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Building on its impressive resume, this place also excelled in nursing. We gave it a grade of B for that category. Our nursing grade is largely based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our better grades in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B. Our short-term care grades are important for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed is long-term care, where we gave it a favorable grade of B. This facility truly did not have any weak categories. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 6.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 1.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care residents who have sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 0.28% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 2.27% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 14.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 46.73% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are showing signs of depression. High levels of depression may imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 99.76% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 7.32% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 10.7% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 10.7% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 13.74% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center, 87.29% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Scores for El Cajon, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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- Fmc-Dialysis Services of College6.9 miles away5961 University Avenue Suite 317 San Diego California 92115CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (619) 286-0821
- Fmc-Rai-Mission Gorge San Diego8.35 miles away7007 Mission Gorge Road, 1st Floor San Diego California 92120CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (619) 229-1070
- Fmc-Dialysis Services of Paradise8.82 miles away6919 Paradise Valley Road San Diego California 92139CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (619) 475-2872
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