Windsor Skyline Care Center is located in Salinas, California. Featuring an overall rating of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. We found this facility to be better than the majority of the nursing homes in Salinas, which has a city grade of B. This nursing home was also given impressive grades in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Windsor Skyline Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
- Lymphedema Care
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Facility Inspections
In addition to a quality overall score, this nursing home also earned favorable inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better scores in that category, with a B+. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. When calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses are seeing residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility California in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a patient at least once a day.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received a favorable long-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better scores in that area with a score of B+. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to minimize negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed is short-term care. This facility was given a better than average short-term care score in our assessment, with a B. This nursing home truly didn't have any weak areas. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. We were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Windsor Skyline Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 1.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 0.4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 18.58% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 12.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents showing depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 99.59% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 12.68% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence. Many argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 22.63% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 22.63% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 6.8% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Windsor Skyline Care Center, 78.92% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Salinas, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- 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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Hospitals
- Natividad Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.45 miles away1441 Constitution Boulevard Salinas California 93906Government - Hospital District or Authority(831) 755-4195
- Salinas Valley Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.42 miles away450 East Romie Lane Salinas California 93901Voluntary non-profit - Other(831) 757-4333
- Watsonville Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.11 miles away75 Nielson Street Watsonville California 95076Proprietary(831) 724-4741
Nearby Dialysis
- Laurel Meadows Dialysis Center0.87 miles away3 Rossi Circle, Ste A Salinas California 93907CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (831) 424-5726
- Laurel Meadows Home Training0.87 miles away3 Rossi Circle, Ste B Salinas California 93907Dialysis Stations: 5 (831) 757-4360
- Salinas Dialysis Center2.92 miles away955 Blanco Circle, Ste. #C Salinas California 93901CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (831) 758-6222
- Davita Marina Dialysis8.48 miles away930 2nd Avenue Marina California 93933Dialysis Stations: 24 (831) 384-7849
- Monterey Peninsula Dialysis13.1 miles away2066 North Fremont Blvd Monterey California 93940CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (831) 655-6950
- Satellite Dialysis16.14 miles away40 Penny Lane Suite 1 Watsonville California 95076CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (831) 728-8855