Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of Long Beach
3232 E. Artesia Blvd., Long Beach CA 90805 · (562) 422-9219 · 93.06% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of Long Beach is a large nursing home in Long Beach, California. This facility was given an extremely poor overall score based on the data we assessed. Keep in mind that Long Beach received a city grade of B-, so should look at other options in the city as well. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 199 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
This place did not perform quite as poorly in long-term care. In fact, we gave it a C for that category. In the area of long-term care, we look at the quantity of services provided by a facility, rather than more healthcare-oriented services. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.53988 percent of its patients. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.91 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home is not too far off the national average.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home really excelled in the category of nursing, where it earned an C. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Our nursing score is primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as minimizing major falls. This nursing home performed admirably in this datapoint.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second least favorable score was short-term care, where it received a grade of just D in that category. This is a well below average grade. Short-term care grades are commonly used to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To have highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Not surprisingly based on its score in this area, this facility was well below average in one of the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility supplied significantly fewer registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The last item we considered in this area is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area, with just 28 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.
Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this facility did not receive a favorable inspection score. We gave it a just D in this category. Inspection scores relate to a nursing home's inspection reports. Our inspection scores weigh many items found on the nursing home's inspection reports. When you see too many deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is generally the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This facility was assessed one category G through L deficiency, which are among the more serious categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies found by CMS had potential to cause actual harm to residents. Lastly, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was assessed significant government fines exceeding $50,000. This usually signifies that government inspectors became fed up after multiple years of bad inspections.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of Long Beach Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better