Wellsprings Post Acute Center is a very-large nursing home located in Lancaster, California. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack grade. Based on our analysis, this facility has some redeeming qualities. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive nursing score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Wellsprings Post Acute Center
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- 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
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Part of the reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it earned a very favorable nursing grade. In fact, its nursing rating is its best category. In this area, we gave this nursing home a B+. When computing a facility's nursing score, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are caring for patients as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving a patient at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
One of this facility's more respectable category scores came in the category of long-term care. This ended up being its second best category. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. Our long-term care ratings are based on a facility's volume of nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility only earned a D for its short-term care grade, which is not one of our better scores. Our short-term care grades are probably more important for residents needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing. This means not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Based on its score in this area, we were not surprised to discover that this place was well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Honestly, this was what we expected to find. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Facility Inspections
Moving on our final category of inspections, this nursing home received an F here. This grade was detrimental to this facility's overall grade. For facilities that received this poor of an inspection rating, we recommend scrutinizing any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular nursing home had one category G through L deficiency, which are among the more serious deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by the government inspectors had the potential to pose actual harm to residents. Finally, we would like to point out that this place received large government fines in recent years of more than $50,000. This usually indicates that inspectors grew tired after several years of bad health inspections.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wellsprings Post Acute Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 5.83% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had 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 caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 2.03% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic could be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 8.7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients which were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 19.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 5.66% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 100% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 2.66% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 5.06% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 5.06% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 7.56% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Wellsprings Post Acute Center, 73.42% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Lancaster, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of D
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Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
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