St Francis Healthcare Center is one of a host of options to select from in Hayward, California. This facility was given an overall rating of A-. In fact, this proved to be one of the top three facilities in the city. Based on the data we reviewed, you can not go wrong with this facility. Keep reading to find this nursing home's category scores, which are also strong. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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St Francis Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this facility also performed well in our inspections category, which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we gave it an A in this category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to note the fact that this facility was given a superb score of A in our long-term care category. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the third category, this nursing home also earned a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. Our short-term care scores are believed to be most meaningful for those in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last item we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our final area, this facility was awarded a high-end nursing score. Even though this was not quite as good as many of its other grades, this is still one of the more favorable grades we offer. Nursing ratings are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Francis Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 4.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 0.86% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 1.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 14.17% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 0.87% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 100% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 6.86% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 8.85% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 8.85% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 10.61% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In St Francis Healthcare Center, 93.13% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Hayward, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- 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
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