Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital is located in Lancaster, California. The city has a total of 182,305 people. With an overall score of D, this is a lower end nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's rather poor overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are four other nursing homes in Lancaster. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, you can continue reading to find out about its category scores. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we were not complementary of this nursing home's overall performance, it did receive an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B. Our inspection ratings are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid nursing homes with severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
The second most favorable area we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a C. Short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The key is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. The final metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. The nursing category weighs a handful of datapoints, most of which are tied to nursing hours. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were far below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed is long-term care, is this nursing home's least impressive category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that category. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents which experienced a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 4.64% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 95.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Scores for Lancaster, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of C
Looking for more options? Lancaster, California has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Antelope Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.93 miles away1600 W Ave J Lancaster California 93534Government - Hospital District or Authority(661) 949-5000
- Palmdale Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.38 miles away38600 Medical Center Drive Palmdale California 93552Proprietary(661) 382-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc-Antelope Valley5.59 miles away44950 Valley Central Way, Suite 108 Lancaster California 93536CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (661) 729-5680
- Davita-Antelope Valley Dialysis5.75 miles away1759 W. Avenue J, Suite 102 Lancaster California 93534CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (661) 942-6400
- Antelope Valley Kidney Institute5.78 miles away43932 15th Street, Suite 103 Lancaster California 93534CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (661) 945-7755
- Davita Palms Valley Dialysis7.02 miles away38454 5th Street West Palmdale California 93551Dialysis Stations: 34 (661) 267-9910
- High Desert Hemodialysis7.11 miles away1007 W. Avenue M-14, Suite B Palmdale California 93551Dialysis Stations: 10 (661) 265-7810
- Davita-Palmdale Regional Dialysis9.74 miles away1643 E. Palmdale Blvd. Palmdale California 93550CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (661) 540-0925
- East Palmdale Dialysis Center10.7 miles away2710 E. Palmdale Blvd. Palmdale California 93550Dialysis Stations: 20 (661) 456-1500
- Nrc-Canyon Country Dialysis Center, LLC18.49 miles away18520 via Princessa, Building C-1 Canyon Country California 91387CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (661) 298-5300