Windsor Palms Care Center of Artesia
11900 E. Artesia Blvd., Artesia CA 90701 · (562) 865-0271 · 95% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Windsor Palms Care Center of Artesia is a very-large nursing home in Artesia, California. Featuring an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Artesia. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 296 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
Although we gave this facility an abysmal overall score, we awarded it a B- for long-term care. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 93.88686 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is slightly below what we expected but still a respectable percentage. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. This facility didn't excel here either, with 3.76 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this figure is somewhat concerning, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the medical complexity of patients.
Nurse Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned a grade of B-. Few facilities fared better in this area. Our nursing score is mostly tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also considered quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home was above average in two of the major datapoints we assessed, including minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These datapoints are generally good indicators of the quality of nursing care available.
Facility Inspections
We wanted to note that this facility received an F for its inspection grade. An F in this area is very concerning because it usually points to red flags on the nursing home's government inspection reports. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection grade. We recommend you scrutinize the level of severity of those deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed one category G through L deficiency, which are among the more serious deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies identified by inspectors had the potential to create actual harm to patients. Lastly, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was assessed significant government fines recently amounting to more than $100,000. This usually signifies that a bad performance spanned several years.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was short-term care. We gave it an F in this category, which is a rock bottom score. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Windsor Palms Care Center of Artesia Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better