Located in West Covina, California, West Haven Healthcare Center is one of five nursing homes there. This proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. We actually ranked it as the top facility in West Covina. As you can see below, this place also performed just fine in our category grades. It's hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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West Haven Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
In addition to earning a strong overall score, this nursing home performed 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 category, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
An additional strong feature for this facility is that it was awarded a favorable long-term care grade. Indeed, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In this category, we gave this facility a B+. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also strong in the category of short-term care, where it was given a grade of B. It outpaced most facilities in this category. In crafting these short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. It doesn't look like this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our next area, this facility was given an excellent nursing rating. This facility did not prove to have any weak links. Our nursing grade consists of several factors, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
West Haven Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 5.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents who have suffered a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that have experienced UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 9.63% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 4.87% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 6.3% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 7.14% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.
Hospitalizations
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 0% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 4.62% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In West Haven Healthcare Center, 73.76% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for West Covina, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? West Covina, California has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.09 miles away210 W San Bernardino Road Covina California 91723Proprietary(626) 814-2468
- Glendora Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.98 miles away150 West Route 66 Glendora California 91740Proprietary(626) 335-0231
- San Dimas Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.4 miles away1350 W Covina Blvd San Dimas California 91773Proprietary(909) 599-6811
- Methodist Hospital of Southern CaAcute Care Hospitals 7.51 miles away300 W Huntington Dr Arcadia California 91006Voluntary non-profit - Private(626) 445-4441
- Whittier Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.8 miles away9080 Colima Rd Whittier California 90605Proprietary(562) 945-3561
- Pih Health Hospital-WhittierAcute Care Hospitals 9.14 miles away12401 Washington Blvd Whittier California 90602Voluntary non-profit - Private(526) 698-0811
- Beverly HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.72 miles away309 W Beverly Blvd Montebello California 90640Voluntary non-profit - Private(323) 726-1222
- San Gabriel Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.77 miles away438 W Las Tunas Drive San Gabriel California 91776Proprietary(626) 289-5454
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc-West Covina Kidney Center0.18 miles away1540 W. Covina Parkway West Covina California 91790CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (626) 337-8007
- Davita-Covina Dialysis Center0.35 miles away1547 W. Garvey Avenue North West Covina California 91790CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (626) 960-9404
- Queens Dialysis Unit, Inc.0.46 miles away1135 S. Sunset Avenue, Suite 103 West Covina California 91790CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (626) 337-4245
- Advanced Dialysis Center1.57 miles away3932 Downing Avenue Baldwin Park California 91706Dialysis Stations: 18 (626) 856-3333
- La Puente Dialysis Center, Inc.2.37 miles away14557 Temple Avenue La Puente California 91744CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (626) 917-1719
- Fmc-Irwindale2.73 miles away12711 Ramona Blvd., Suite 111 Baldwin Park California 91706CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (626) 856-3944
- Mohan Dialysis Center of Industry2.86 miles away15757 E. Valley Blvd. La Puente California 91744CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (626) 333-3801
- Mohan Dialysis Center of Covina3.1 miles away158 W. College Street Covina California 91723CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (626) 859-2522