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Mercy Retirement & Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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3431 Foothill Blvd.,
Oakland CA 94601

(510) 214-4073

104.4% estimated occupancy 1

Mercy Retirement & Care Center is located in Oakland, California. The city has several nursing home options. Featuring an overall grade of C, this appears to be a middle of the road facility. Oakland received a city grade of B+, so there are some other options in the city worth considering. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. We discuss short-term care in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

We would like to note that this facility's short-term care rating outpaced its overall grade. This nursing home earned a B+ in this category, which is a strong grade. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category scores was in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After considering the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 97.84173 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. We looked at the licensure of nurses at the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in computing our grade in this area. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

Facility Inspections

Grade: D

This facility did not receive a favorable inspection rating. We gave it a score of just D in this category. Inspection ratings relate to a facility's inspection reports. We weight poor inspection grades heavily in our assessment. Since government inspections are compiled by independent inspectors, we consider this data to be reliable. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. Generally, you should be most cautious when considering a facility with severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This nursing home had one deficiency by government inspectors. Fortunately, it wasn't in one of the categories that suggest that it posed a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed large government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This generally indicates that a facility's bad track record spanned several years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Mercy Retirement & Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 7.92% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 2.88% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who have had a fall which caused serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 9.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 0% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 96.84% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 3.31% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the decline of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 14.81% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 14.81% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 16.29% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Mercy Retirement & Care Center, 44.45% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation.

Scores for Oakland, 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-minus

Looking for more options? Oakland, California has 16 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Highland HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.32 miles away1411 East 31st Street Oakland California 94602Government - Hospital District or Authority(510) 437-4800
  • Alameda HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.26 miles away2070 Clinton Avenue Alameda California 94501Government - Hospital District or Authority(510) 522-3700
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondAcute Care Hospitals 3.56 miles away275 West Macarthur Boulevard Oakland California 94611Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 752-1000
  • Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.59 miles away350 Hawthorne Avenue Oakland California 94609Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 655-4000
  • Children's Hospital & Research Center OaklandChildrens 4.66 miles away747 52nd Street Oakland California 94609Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 428-3000
  • Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampAcute Care Hospitals 5.57 miles away2450 Ashby Avenue Berkeley California 94705Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 204-4444
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San LeandroAcute Care Hospitals 6.01 miles away2500 Merced Street San Leandro California 94577Voluntary non-profit - Private(510) 454-1000
  • San Leandro HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.41 miles away13855 E 14th Street San Leandro California 94578Government - Hospital District or Authority(510) 357-6500

Nearby Dialysis

  • Rai - East Bay - Oakland0.53 miles away2628 International Blvd, Ste 100 Oakland California 94601CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (510) 261-8219
  • Alameda County Dialysis Center2.07 miles away10700 Macarthur Blvd. Building 7 Oakland California 94605CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (510) 568-5849
  • Rai Peralta3.59 miles away2757 Telegraph Avenue Oakland California 94612CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (510) 835-0154
  • Satellite Dialysis Oakland3.76 miles away3330 Telegraph Ave Oakland California 94609CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (510) 433-8340
  • Rai Bancroft4.42 miles away6955 Foothill Blvd. Ste 220 Oakland California 94605Dialysis Stations: 26 (510) 553-1333
  • Rai Piedmont4.49 miles away2710 Telegraph Avenue Suite #100 Oakland California 94612CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (510) 286-9948
  • Rai E. 14th4.54 miles away198 East 14th St San Leandro California 94577Dialysis Stations: 21 (510) 430-8311
  • Oakland Dialysis Center4.58 miles away5354 Claremont Avenue Oakland California 94618CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (510) 597-0104

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  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=555189