Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp Snf

Services and Housing Options

Nursing Home, Skilled Nursing

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Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp Snf Description

On November 23, 1964 the Kern Valley Health District was established - setting a foundation for improved health care in the region. The district was established to construct and maintain a 24-bed facility, consisting of 12 acute care beds and 12 long-term ones. The District was a sprawling 400 square miles then, as it is now. The project of constructing and equipping the hospital was determined to be a General Obligation Bond Issue, with an intent to seek State and Federal aid. In March 1965, the green light was given to start creating preliminary plans. Funding the hospital's construction through $490,000 in Hospital Construction Bonds plus additional State and Federal aid (Hill-Burton) of $432,000 as well as taxes collected by the District enabled it to open its doors come May 1968.

Skilled Nursing

Nestled in the breathtaking Kern River Valley, our windows provide awe-inspiring views of Lake Isabella. Upon entry, each new resident is assigned a care manager who will create an exclusive plan of care tailored to their needs.

Ranking

Ranking in City: 1 out of 1 communities in Lake Isabella

Ranking in State: 2034 out of 2657 communities in CA

Services

Kern Valley Healthcare District DP SNF provides comprehensive care to its patients, with services ranging from emergency care and general surgery to laboratory tests, physical therapy, clinical pharmacy, telehealth and skilled nursing at Mountain View Health Center. Telehealth enables patients to access quality care from home. Clinical pharmacy offers medication management and prescription refills. Physical therapy improves mobility and manages pain while lab services are used for diagnosis/treatment. General surgery is available as needed along with long-term skilled nursing at Mountain View Health Center.

Skilled Nursing Services and Amenities

Kern Valley Healthcare District DP SNF provides skilled nursing services and amenities to its residents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. RNLVN CNA are available 24 hours a day to provide assistance with activities of daily living. Physician visits are also available on-site, as well as an on-site Social Services Department to help meet the needs of each resident.

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Information from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

This nursing community has been given an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars by The Center for Medicare and Medicaid receiving 2 stars on its health inspection, 4 stars on its quality measures rating, and 3 stars on its staffing rating. This nursing home is certified by Medicare and Medicaid and was first approved to provide Medicare and Medicaid services on 07/30/92 and is run by a government organization. It is a large-sized nursing community with 74 nursing beds. Currently, there are 42 residents within the nursing community. Be advised these resident occupancy numbers are not always up to date and are collected from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services website periodically. The community is located inside a hospital.

Alerts from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

This community has been cited for abuse by The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Either the facility has been cited in inspection reports for abuse that caused a resident harm within the past year or abuse that could have potentially caused residents harm in the past two years. The facility has also had 4 substantiated complaints reported in the last 3 years that resulted in a citation. The facility has had 10 facility incidents reported in the last 3 years that resulted in a citation.

Overall Ratings

Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp Snf is a nursing home that has an overall rating of 2-stars, which is the second lowest possible rating, placing it in the bottom 40% of facilities in terms of overall rating. This overall score is lower than the state average. In terms of health inspections, the nursing home also maintains a 2-star rating, again the second lowest possible and also in the bottom 40% bracket of facilities in this category making it lower than the state average. However, the facility redeems itself with a 4-star quality rating, denoting the second highest achievable score. This places Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp Snf in the top half of facilities in terms of quality rating. However, it's worth noting that despite being high, their quality rating is still slightly lower than the state average.

Staff Ratings

Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp Snf is a nursing home that performs substantially well in some areas of care but falls short in others. In terms of nursing aid staffing, it falls in the top 40% of facilities with 2.41 hours per resident per day, though this is slightly below the state average of 2.51 hours. It excels particularly in LPN staffing, where it is in the top 30% of facilities at 1.03 hours per resident per day, a figure that is however still beneath the state's average of 1.21 hours. Unfortunately, the home ranks low for RN staffing and licensed staffing, falling in the bottom 20% and 40% of facilities respectively, with 0.31 hours and 1.34 hours per resident per day, both of which are below the respective state averages of 0.57 and 1.78. Most notably, Kern Valley Healthcare is in the bottom 10% of facilities for physical therapist staffing, remarkably providing 0.0 hours per resident per day, significantly less than the state average of 0.09 hours.

Covid Data

The Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp Snf nursing home prides itself on maintaining excellent health standards, particularly when it comes to keeping its residents vaccinated. The facility is recognized as being within the top 40% of nursing homes in terms of residents being up to date with the latest vaccinations, making it a benchmark for health and safety. Currently, the rate of residents that are fully vaccinated stands at 77.5%, which impressively surpasses the state average of 68.7%. This shows the commitment and effort of the staff at Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp Snf, who prioritize the health and wellbeing of their residents.

Quality Measures

The Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp Snf nursing home not only boasts a notable 4-star quality measure rating, but also impressively ranks in the top half of facilities when it comes to the percentage of residents with ulcers, scoring 7.14%, a figure below the state's percentage of 7.75%. Furthermore, this nursing home enters the upper echelon of facilities pertaining to the application of pneumococcal vaccines, residing within the top 20% with a 100.0% vaccine administration rate, surpassing the state's percentage of 97.93%. In addition, when considering the administration of antianxiety or hypnotic medication, this facility finds itself in the top 40% of facilities with 15.82% of their residents receiving the said medication, outshining the state's percentage, which stands at 13.75%.

Emergency and Hospitalization Quality Measures

Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp Snf, a nursing home, boasts an impressive performance in hospitalization rates, falling within the top 30% of facilities. It records 1.18 hospitalizations per 1000 days, significantly lower compared to the state's average of 1.89, thereby suggesting efficient healthcare delivery within the facility. However, the facility struggles with its rate of outpatient emergency department visits, ranking in the bottom 20% of facilities. With an average of 1.64 visits per 1000 days, this surpasses the state's mean of 0.92 in this category, highlighting an area in need of improvement.

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