Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Hayes Convalescent Hospital
1250 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 34 certified beds
Hayes Convalescent Hospital is a Medicare-certified nursing home in San Francisco, California. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.27 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Nov 7, 2025 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Hayes Convalescent Hospital compares
This facility vs. the California and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | California avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.27 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.97 | 0.65 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.82 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 38.1% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- No health deficiencies cited at the last standard inspection (November 2025)
- Every deficiency from the December 12, 2024 inspection was corrected by January 3, 2025
What inspectors found at Hayes Convalescent Hospital
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023
Show all 11 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 22, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 1250 Hayes Street
San Francisco, CA 94117 - CMS certification #
- 05A315
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 34
- Avg residents/day
- 26.4
- Provider type
- Medicaid
- First certified
- 1979-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says 3 meals a day
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Hayes Convalescent Hospital says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- 3 meals a day.
Three meals per day served in main dining or rehabilitative dining areas
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
Private Room – $560.00
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoking only in designated areas.
There are designated smoking areas in the outdoor areas.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco, San Francisco. 0.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- San Francisco Health Care, San Francisco. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Sutter Care At Home, San Francisco. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 94117 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Golden Gate Dialysis, San Francisco, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Uc Chronic Dialysis/Mt. Zion, San Francisco, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita San Francisco Home Training (Pd), San Francisco, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 33 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 94117.
By The Bay Health, office in San Francisco, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Sutter Care At Home, office in San Francisco, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Hospice-San Francisco, office in San Francisco, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Permanente Medical Group Inc, San Francisco. 0.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Hayes Convalescent Hospital a good nursing home?
CMS gives Hayes Convalescent Hospital an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Hayes Convalescent Hospital staffed?
Hayes Convalescent Hospital reports 4.27 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Hayes Convalescent Hospital had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Hayes Convalescent Hospital have?
Hayes Convalescent Hospital is certified for 34 beds.