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Rafael Convalescent Hospital

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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234 N. San Pedro Rd,
San Rafael CA 94903

(415) 479-3450

79.7% estimated occupancy 1

Rafael Convalescent Hospital is a facility located in San Rafael, California, which has a population of 70,197 people. Sporting an overall rating of D, this is a lower end facility. If you are not happy with this facility's relatively poor overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are six other nursing homes in San Rafael. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Although we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to draw your attention to its relatively favorable short-term care grade. We awarded it a respectable grade of B+ in this area. Short-term care grades are meaningful for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we considered the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is far below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics. Although this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning residents more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's second least favorable category was long-term care, where it received just a D in that area. This is a relatively poor grade. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. After considering the volume of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place also keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Facility Inspections

Grade: D

Moving on the last category of government inspections, we gave this facility a grade of just D for our inspection category. This proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. We take a weak score in this category very seriously. One of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We recommend you pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, we would like to point out that this nursing home received large government fines recently of more than $50,000. This often indicates that CMS inspectors became frustrated after several years of bad health inspections.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Rafael Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 6.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great measure of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents which had falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 1.61% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this metric may be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 16.25% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who are given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 5.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 15.76% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 100% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 7.16% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 10.31% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 10.31% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 14.11% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Rafael Convalescent Hospital, 69.53% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for San Rafael, CA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus

Looking for more options? San Rafael, California has 6 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Kaiser Foundation HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.76 miles away99 Montecillo Rd San Rafael California 94903Voluntary non-profit - Private(415) 444-2000
  • Marinhealth Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.83 miles away250 Bon Air Road, PO Box 8010 Greenbrae California 94904Government - Local(415) 925-7900
  • Novato Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.97 miles away180 Rowland Way Novato California 94945Voluntary non-profit - Other(415) 209-1300
  • Chinese HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.76 miles away845 Jackson St San Francisco California 94133Voluntary non-profit - Private(415) 982-2400
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San FranciscoAcute Care Hospitals 15.98 miles away2425 Geary Blvd San Francisco California 94115Voluntary non-profit - Private(415) 833-2646
  • Saint Francis Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.99 miles away900 Hyde St San Francisco California 94109Voluntary non-profit - Private(415) 353-6000
  • California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusAcute Care Hospitals 16.13 miles away1101 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco California 94109Voluntary non-profit - Private(415) 600-6000
  • St Mary's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.42 miles away450 Stanyan St San Francisco California 94117Voluntary non-profit - Private(415) 668-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Northgate Dialysis Center1.22 miles away650 Las Gallinas Road San Rafael California 94903CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (415) 444-0376
  • San Rafael Dialysis2.2 miles away1415 3rd Street San Rafael California 94901Dialysis Stations: 24 (415) 453-4437
  • Satellite Dialysis Greenbrae4.86 miles away565 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Greenbrae California 94904CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (415) 924-8622
  • San Pablo Dialysis Center10.28 miles away14020 San Pablo Avenue San Pablo California 94806CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (510) 234-0835
  • Davita Richmond Dialysis10.75 miles away4200 Macdonald Ave., Ste A Richmond California 94805CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (510) 236-8861
  • El Cerrito Dialysis Center12.82 miles away10690 San Pablo Avenue El Cerrito California 94530CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (510) 528-9590
  • Davita El Sobrante13.66 miles away3380 San Pablo Dam Rd Ste. C-D El Sobrante California 94803CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (510) 262-9230
  • Pacific Dialysis15.62 miles away2351 Clay Street 4th Floor San Francisco California 94115CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (415) 440-2852