Windsor Skyline Care Center
348 Iris Drive, Salinas CA 93906 · (831) 449-5496 · 94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Windsor Skyline Care Center is an average-sized facility located in Salinas, California. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a very respectable score. Based on our ratings, this place looks like a good fit for most people. This place was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 80 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall score, this facility earned even higher marks in the area of nursing. In fact, we gave it one of our best scores in this category with a grade of A-. Nursing scores are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This facility provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in inspections. It received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. It received one of our best scores in that category with an B+. Few facilities with an overall grade in this range performed this well in multiple categories. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also received favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we awarded it one of our higher grades in that area, with a score of B. In determining our short-term care scores, we size up a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This area is often a solid assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most facilities. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that it performed better than most nursing homes in this area with 51.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of C in that category. Our long-term care grade assesses a nursing home's personal care rather than the skilled nursing or healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 92.36641 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is somewhat below what we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.19 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Windsor Skyline Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates 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 thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better