Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, CA

Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Santa Cruz, California. It is located in Santa Cruz county at 675 24th Avenue, Santa Cruz, California 95062. You can reach out to the office of Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz via phone at (831) 475-6323. This skilled nursing facility has 92 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 76.41%. Its legal business name is Driftwood Santa Cruz Operating Company Lp and has the following ownership type - For Profit - Limited Liability Company.

Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz (Medicare CCN 055109) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1969 (55 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in December, 2019.

Contact Information

Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz
675 24th Avenue, Santa Cruz, California 95062
(831) 475-6323

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Nursing Home Profile

NameDriftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz
Location675 24th Avenue, Santa Cruz, California
Certified ByMedicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds92
Occupancy Rate76.41%
Medicare ID (CCN)055109
Legal Business NameDriftwood Santa Cruz Operating Company Lp
Ownership TypeFor Profit - Limited Liability Company

NPI Associated with this Nursing Home:

Nursing Homes may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1457649436
Organization NameDRIFTWOOD SANTA CRUZ OPERATING COMPANY, LP
Doing Business AsDRIFTWOOD HEALTHCARE CENTER - SANTA CRUZ
Address675 24th Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Phone Number831-475-6323

Quality Ratings:

Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. The below quality ratings for Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz are calculated from three sources - health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measure data. This information gives you an indication of the care Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz give to their patients.
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Complaints, Fines and Penalties:

Number of Facility Reported Incidents0
Number of Substantiated Complaints0
Number of Fines1
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars$13500
Number of Payment Denials0
Total Number of Penalties1

Patients' Stay Experience:

The resident survey data of Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased13.3314.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight0.455.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder44.6448.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.961.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection0.862.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms0.835.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained00.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury1.913.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine10093.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication13.8514.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine10083.88
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication7.481.79
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened21.9217.09
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication18.6519.7
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers2.277.32
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine10095.98
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function82.3267.99
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine95.9482.93

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