Wellsprings Post Acute Center
44445 No.15th St. West, Lancaster CA 93534 · (661) 948-7501 · 73.77% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Lancaster, California, Wellsprings Post Acute Center is one of five available facilities in the city. This is a decent facility, with an overall grade of C. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Lancaster, which admittedly is admittedly a little below average nationally. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its strong nursing grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 299 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
This facility's best category grade came in nursing. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a B+. It actually outperformed most facilities in this area. The nursing rating includes several factors, most of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provides an impressive 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, this place appears to be above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. It performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also wanted to point out that this nursing home received positive long-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our more impressive grades in that category, with a grade of B. This proved to be the facility's second highest grade. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.86945 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. The last datapoint we looked at was the facility's hospitalization rate. While it had 2.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was middle of the road since it had more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is short-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of B- in this category. Our short-term care grades are thought to be most meaningful for folks in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The key is determining what effect this had on quality of care. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that it performed respectably in this area with 46.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this facility did not receive a favorable inspection rating. We gave it a just D in this category. Inspection scores relate to a facility's government inspection reports. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. You should be especially cautious when considering a facility that has severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with a category G through L deficiency, which are among the more severe categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by CMS had potential to create actual harm to patients. Finally, this facility also received 13 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wellsprings Post Acute Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which have experienced UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents which were given antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility. Many would argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better