There are 16 nursing homes located in Hayward, California, providing for a population of 177,085 people. The nursing homes here received a strong city grade of B. In fact, this city's city grade far surpassed the city grade of nursing homes in the nearby city of Burlingame. While this grade are not terrible, we found Hayward to be in a totally different league. The best part of this city's impressive report card is its nursing homes' inspection ratings. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
Part of the reason this city performed well overall is that many of its facilities fared well in the category of health inspections with a B+. Our inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. The city also earned one of our higher grades in the area of nursing, with a B. In the other categories we looked at, the city earned a B for its long-term care rating and a B- in the area of short-term care.