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Westgate Gardens Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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4525 W. Tulare Ave.,
Visalia CA 93277

(559) 733-0901

94.07% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Visalia, California, Westgate Gardens Care Center is one of six available nursing homes in the city. This nursing home proved to be a middle of the road facility, with an overall grade of B-. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Visalia. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • 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
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Catheter Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

We would like to point out that this facility's inspection grade exceeded its overall grade. This facility earned a B+ in this category, which is a quality score. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

In addition, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received favorable short-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our more impressive scores in this area, with a grade of B. This proved to be the nursing home's second best score. In our short-term care assessment, we attempt to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this nursing home provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's next most favorable category turned out to be its long-term care score, where it was given a B-. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is a very solid total. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

The last area we analyzed was nursing. This facility was awarded a grade of B- in this area. Nursing scores are primarily associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, although this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed well in this subcategory.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Westgate Gardens Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 0.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 1.23% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic can be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 4.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 13.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of long-term patients who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 3.01% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may indicate a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 99.54% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 6.69% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 7.07% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 7.07% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 13.38% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Westgate Gardens Care Center, 83.11% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation.

Scores for Visalia, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? Visalia, California has 5 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Kaweah Delta Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.66 miles away400 W Mineral King Ave Visalia California 93291Government - Hospital District or Authority(559) 624-2000
  • Adventist Health TulareAcute Care Hospitals 6.92 miles away869 North Cherry Street Tulare California 93274Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 688-0821
  • Adventist Health HanfordAcute Care Hospitals 18.19 miles away115 Mall Drive Hanford California 93230Voluntary non-profit - Private(209) 410-7200

Nearby Dialysis

  • Kaweah Delta Dialysis Facility0.18 miles away5040 W. Tulare Avenue Visalia California 93277CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (559) 624-3600
  • Davita-Visalia Dialysis0.65 miles away5429 W. Cypress Avenue, Suite A Visalia California 93277CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 738-9279
  • Davita-Visalia Vineyard Dialysis3.67 miles away1140 South Ben Maddox Way Visalia California 93292Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 635-1938
  • Davita-Tulare Dialysis7.73 miles away545 E. Tulare Avenue Tulare California 93274CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (559) 688-8991
  • Davita-Exeter Dialysis10.55 miles away1116 W. Visalia Road, Suite 106 Exeter California 93221CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (559) 592-1025
  • Davita-Dinuba Dialysis16.18 miles away510 E North Way Dinuba California 93618CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 595-9462
  • Davita-Hanford Dialysis17.2 miles away402 W. Eighth Street Hanford California 93230CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (559) 582-5462
  • Davita-Sequoia Dialysis17.46 miles away440 N. 11th Street Hanford California 93230CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (559) 587-0105