Nursing Home Comparison: Franciscan Post-acute Care Center vs. La Sierra Care Center

The facility Franciscan Post-acute Care Center holds the edge in overall quality, scoring 3 CMS Stars compared to La Sierra Care Center's 1 CMS Stars. Both facilities show comparable TCI Star Ratings, both scoring 3 Stars. When reviewing the core nursing resources, La Sierra Care Center reports a higher licensed nursing staff ratio, providing 1.61 hours of licensed nurse care per resident day (National Average is 1.4 hours). Franciscan Post-acute Care Center is part of the Avalon Health Care chain, which holds an average overall rating of 3.10. La Sierra Care Center is part of the Cambridge Healthcare Services chain, which holds an average overall rating of 2.30. Regarding recent health inspection history, both facilities had deficiencies in their most recent survey, with Franciscan Post-acute Care Center recording 9 total deficiencies and La Sierra Care Center recording 14.Finally, in terms of compliance history, both facilities have incurred past fines; Franciscan Post-acute Care Center totaling $18,859.75, and La Sierra Care Center totaling $31,811.00.