West Covina Medical Center D/P Snf

While this facility earned a decent overall grade, its inspections rating is notably more impressive than its overall grade. Due to a strong inspection report this year, it received a strong score in that area with a B+. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

The second highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. Nursing grades are largely based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility averages just 0.8 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

This facility's third highest area turned out to be its short-term care score, where it was given a grade of C. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is considered to be a meaningful measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We found that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.

Moving on to the last area, this nursing home really did not perform well. With a very poor grade of F in long-term care, this is this facility's worst area. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated only 88.23529 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.