Bancroft Convalescent Hospital is a small nursing home located in San Leandro, California. Sporting an overall score of C, this appears to be a decent nursing home. In our view, this place would be a solid choice for quite a few people. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is long-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
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Bancroft Convalescent Hospital
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Occupational Therapy
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Long-term Care Quality
This place really performed well in the category of long-term care, where it earned a grade of A. Few facilities fared better in this category. If it wasn't for this grade, this facility's overall score would have been worse. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.33333 percent of its patients, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third category we assessed was short-term care. This nursing home's received an abysmal short-term care grade where it was given an F. In calculating these short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Not surprisingly, we learned that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The last category we rated was nursing, which ended up being this nursing home's least impressive area. We gave it a lowly F for this category, which is certainly a major concern. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place provided a meager 0 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is well below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bancroft Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 1.67% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often the result of lower quality nursing care. More supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients which have experienced a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 11.02% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients that were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 4.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 99.17% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 13.54% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 25.41% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility. Many believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bancroft Convalescent Hospital, 25.41% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Scores for San Leandro, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Dialysis
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