San Mateo Medical Center D/P Snf

While we were not high on this facility overall, we gave it a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This grade is better than the facility's overall grade. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Our nursing score is largely tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. It scored well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care provided.

This nursing home was given its third most favorable category score in the category of long-term care. We awarded this facility a C in this area, which is a reasonably acceptable score. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 92.06897 percent of its patients. This is somewhat less than we expected but still a decent figure. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The last area we rated is short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of C. Our short-term care ratings are important for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical facility. The final metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 3.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.