West Anaheim Medical Center D/P Snf
3033 W Orange Ave, Anaheim CA 92804 · (714) 229-6852 · 97.72% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
West Anaheim Medical Center D/P Snf is in Anaheim, California. The city has many available nursing homes. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is among the best ratings we offer. A score of this caliber requires superb scores across the board. We also wanted to point out that this nursing home is located in a hospital. Typically, this means that more intensive healthcare services are available. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 22 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place ended up being a great nursing home is it received an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this critical category. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we gave this facility an A. The nursing score assesses several factors, most of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home provided 10.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is among the better figures in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by both of these statistics. On top of providing impressive levels of care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its residents suffering falls leading to serious injury, this facility performed as well as any facility the state. Preventing serious falls is generally an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses and better safety protocols are employed.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded an impressive short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better grades in that area with a grade of B. With our short-term care category, we seek to create a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. When we assessed this place's nursing hours, we found it provided quite a bit more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home an acceptable score in that category, with a grade of B-. Even though this is not as favorable as many of this nursing home's other grades, it is still not a poor grade. Long-term care grades assess a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the highly skilled therapy and medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. On top of impressive nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination records are favorable as well. In fact, this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
West Anaheim Medical Center D/P Snf Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better