Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital

Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital is in Lancaster, California, a city with 182,305 people. With a solid overall grade of B-. After looking at the other nursing homes in Lancaster, this looks like a higher quality choice than quite a few of them. As far as we can see, this facility is a good fit for most people. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

The primary reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in that area, with an A. This is a much better score than the place's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home an B. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

In addition, we also would like to note that this nursing home was given favorable long-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our higher scores in this area, with a grade of B. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 99.44752 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.29 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.

The last category we assessed is short-term care. This facility was awarded a C in the category. In our short-term care category, we endeavor to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.