Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego is one of five available facilities in National City, California. This is a very good facility. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good rating. We were pleased to find out that this matched the average grade of facilities in National City, which is one of the better cities in California to find a nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
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Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to faring well in its overall grade, this nursing home received even higher grades in our short-term care category. In fact, it earned one of our best scores in that area with an A-. Our short-term care grade is typically used to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To provide quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A few minor dings aren't necessarily the end of the world.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. We assessed the skill-level of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this area. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of B-. This actually ended up being this nursing home's weakest category. Our long-term care scores are more critical for those in need of more conventional assistance related to activities of daily living. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is a very solid percentage. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 5.75% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 5.88% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 11.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 11.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 4.25% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 100% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 2.71% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 9.78% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 9.78% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 13.43% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center of San Diego, 93.01% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for National City, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Dialysis
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- Fmc-Gateway Dialysis Center-East3.65 miles away720 Gateway Center Drive, Suite B San Diego California 92102CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (619) 264-4100
- Davita-San Diego South Dialysis3.71 miles away995 Gateway Center Way, Suite 101 San Diego California 92102CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (619) 262-1960