Franciscan Convalescent Hospital is a small nursing home located in Merced, California. Sporting an overall rating of B, this looks like a fine facility. This nursing home truly has plenty going for it. This facility was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Franciscan Convalescent Hospital
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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Facility Inspections
In addition to a quality overall score, this facility also earned favorable inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better scores in this area, with a B+. Our inspection scores are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically 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. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple relatively minor dings aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was given a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. With our short-term care grade, we attempt to create a sound measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. We weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing score looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place California in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of moving patients at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we graded was long-term care. This facility was given a grade of B- in this area. Our long-term care grade focuses on a nursing home's assistance with daily living instead of the skilled nursing or healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Franciscan Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 7.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 1.67% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who experienced a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 1.21% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 10.06% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percent of long-term residents that were given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 13.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients which are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 4.33% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients showing symptoms of depression. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 95.72% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 8.37% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 14.05% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Some would argue that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 1.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 14.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 9.85 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Franciscan Convalescent Hospital, 79.63% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Merced, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Merced, California has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.53 miles away333 Mercy Avenue Merced California 95340Voluntary non-profit - Private(209) 564-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Merced East Dialysis1.2 miles away464 East Yosemite Avenue Ste B Merced California 95340Dialysis Stations: 12 (209) 205-1126
- North Merced Dialysis Center1.3 miles away3393 G Street, Bld a Siute A Merced California 95340CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (209) 723-0013
- Satellite Dialysis Merced1.38 miles away3376 North Highway 59 Suite I Merced California 95348CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (209) 383-7370
- Atwater Dialysis Center7.45 miles away1201 Commerce Ave Atwater California 95301CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (209) 358-7681