Yuba Skilled Nursing Center is a senior living facility in Yuba City, California, which has a population of 76,660 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some respectable marks. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this facility's profile was is its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
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Yuba Skilled Nursing 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 - Corporation
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Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this facility one of our better scores in short-term care, where it earned an A. This is far better than the facility's overall score, which was certainly not elite. Our short-term care grades are likely more important for residents in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing grade is largely based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning residents more often.
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Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home's third highest category is long-term care. Nevertheless, with a D in this category, it still fared somewhat badly. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Facility Inspections
Moving on our last category of inspections, this facility received a horrible grade. With an F in the inspection category, this nursing home's overall grade was pulled down significantly. When a place has this poor of an inspection score, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This particular facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, we also want to point out that this facility received large government fines recently of more than $50,000. This often suggests that CMS inspectors became frustrated after multiple years of failed inspections.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Yuba Skilled Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 5.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic measures the percent of long-term care patients that have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 0.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 12.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for several conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 16.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 4.41% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 100% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 7.22% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 9.51% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 9.51% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 18.04% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Yuba Skilled Nursing Center, 77.88% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Adventist Health and RideoutAcute Care Hospitals 1.84 miles away726 4th St Marysville California 95901Government - Federal(530) 749-4300
- Orchard HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.25 miles away240 Spruce Street Gridley California 95948Voluntary non-profit - Private(530) 846-5671
Nearby Dialysis
- Yuba City Dialysis Center0.22 miles away1525 Plumas Court Suite A Yuba City California 95991CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (530) 671-3652
- Yuba Sutter Dialysis0.85 miles away2115 East Onstott Road Yuba City California 95991CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (530) 673-6656
- Marysville Dialysis Center1.37 miles away1015 8th Street Marysville California 95901CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (530) 741-9801