We Care Skilled Nursing Facility

We Care Skilled Nursing Facility is a very-small facility in Hayward, California. This is an A rated facility. It was given one of the most impressive grades we offer. A score in this range requires excellent scores across the board. Even in a city with 16 nursing homes, this facility stands out. This place also received consistently good grades in all of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

To pair with its strong overall grade, we gave this place a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Compounding its high-end assessments in other areas, we awarded this facility a grade of A- for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. This nursing home fared well enough in these metrics to earn a quality score in this category.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning a resident more often.

In the final area, this facility also was awarded a first-rate short-term care rating, with a grade of B+. This rounded out a very strong report card. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.