Lawton Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

    1575 7th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.32·(76)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.1
    • Staff

      4.3
    • Meals

      3.6
    • Amenities

      3.8
    • Value

      4.3

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive nursing staff
    • Knowledgeable rehabilitation therapists (PT/OT/Speech)
    • Clean, well-maintained interior spaces
    • Bright, light-filled lobby and patient rooms
    • Engaging group activities and therapy sessions
    • Proactive family communication and case management
    • Efficient admissions and check-in process
    • Outdoor courtyard and pleasant grounds
    • Daily laundry and clothing management
    • Consistent kitchen sanitation and dining-room environment
    • Personalized wound and nursing care
    • Family-like, welcoming culture

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and shift coverage
    • Variability in therapy scheduling and service delivery
    • Inconsistent meal quality and limited menu variety
    • Aging infrastructure and ventilation concerns
    • Small, crowded multi‑bed rooms and limited private-room availability
    • Variable staff professionalism and responsiveness
    • Administrative communication and insurance-verification gaps
    • Limited visitor parking and constrained amenity access

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews describe a facility with a strong core of dedicated clinical and support staff and generally clean, bright surroundings, but with notable variability in operational consistency. Many families and patients praise the compassionate nursing care, helpful CNAs, and a rehabilitation staff that can provide effective transitions back home. At the same time, recurring operational weaknesses — particularly around staffing levels, therapy scheduling, and some administrative processes — produce mixed experiences.

    Care quality and clinical services: Numerous accounts highlight skilled, attentive nursing and rehabilitation clinicians, including examples of effective wound care and individualized therapy plans. Reviewers often cited specific staff members in a positive light, reflecting strong bedside interactions and a sense of individualized attention. Conversely, several reviews point to inconsistent therapy hours, brief or missed therapy sessions, limited speech-therapy availability at times, and delays in responsiveness for basic needs. There are also isolated concerns about wound progression and skin integrity that families expected to be addressed more consistently; other reviews explicitly praise the facility’s wound-care capability when available.

    Staff and professionalism: The dominant theme is that many employees are caring, experienced, and communicative — with proactive updates from admissions, case management, and nursing noted as a strength. Positive descriptors include friendly, attentive, and confident staff who foster a family-like atmosphere. However, reviewers also describe variability in professionalism and responsiveness across shifts (including night staffing), and mention occasional negative interactions and training needs. Staffing shortages and turnover appear to be an underlying contributor to those inconsistencies.

    Dining and nutrition: Dining experiences are mixed. Some reviewers found meals adequate and well-seasoned, particularly in the communal dining room, while others described bland options and a desire for more menu variety, including culturally specific choices. In-room meal delivery was reported less favorably than dining-room service in some accounts. Kitchen cleanliness and overall sanitation of food areas were generally viewed positively.

    Activities and therapy environment: The facility receives consistent praise for its rehabilitative focus and group activities. Therapy sessions, activity calendars, a welcoming committee, and a light-filled lobby contribute to an engaging environment for recovery. Outdoor courtyard access and pleasant grounds were highlighted as valuable for walks and family visits, though access and availability of outdoor amenities may be constrained in some areas.

    Facilities and campus condition: Many reviews describe the building as clean, modern-feeling in parts, and well-maintained with good natural light. At the same time, several comments indicate an older physical plant in need of targeted upgrades — including ventilation, flooring, beds, and plumbing/sewer work — and mention small or crowded multi-bed rooms that reduce privacy. Parking and visitor access were noted as limited in places.

    Management and operations: Admissions and some case-management functions are frequently called out as helpful and efficient. Yet administrative inconsistencies appear in areas such as insurance verification, communication during adverse events, and enforcement of schedules (therapy, bathing, toileting assistance). These operational gaps, combined with staffing variability, produce the principal areas of dissatisfaction.

    Notable patterns and recommendations for prospective families: The strongest pattern is a generally compassionate, therapy-oriented program that can support short-term rehabilitation and discharge home, particularly when staffing and scheduling align. Prospective residents and families should ask specific questions at tour and admission about average therapy hours, private-room availability, staffing ratios by shift, how wound care is managed, dining options for special diets or cultural preferences, and parking/visitor arrangements. For those seeking a facility with personable staff, active therapy programming, and a clean, light-filled environment, this facility often meets expectations; for residents with high needs for consistent therapy hours, immediate responsiveness, or private rooms, it may be prudent to clarify operational details before admission.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Lawton Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is located at 1575 7th Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94122.

    About Lawton Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

    Lawton Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center offers both short- and long-term care for seniors, with a focus on skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and mental health support, and you'll find round-the-clock care with registered nurses, LPNs, and certified nurse assistants always on duty; the staff includes physicians, medical directors, nurses, dietitians, nutritionists, and social workers, and they've got a full team for specialized care like occupational therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, and cardiac, respiratory, and recreational therapy, so folks dealing with stroke, heart problems, Parkinson's, trauma, wounds, or mental health concerns can get support. Lawton provides semi-private and private rooms, each with cable TV, phones, safety features, and kitchens or kitchenettes, and they take care of housekeeping and laundry, offer washers and dryers, and keep things safe with sprinkler systems and regular maintenance. Meals are served in the dining room with menu choices for different cultures, and they'll also bring meals to rooms if needed. Residents join in all sorts of activities, like happy hour, bingo, chair yoga, live music, arts and crafts, and weekly visits from Sister Esther, or they might enjoy the outdoor courtyard, patios, salons, or barbershop, and people can visit with pets or take part in education, social activities, or aromatherapy.

    The center's got support for bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming, mobility, and personal care, and families don't have to worry about medication, wound care, medical imaging like X-rays or CT scans because they handle all of that onsite, offering specialties like optometry, podiatry, family medicine, and dentist visits. There's reliable Wi-Fi and computers, and both residents and their visitors can use the guest parking, while transport services help with offsite appointments or errands. Lawton accepts long-term care insurance and features mental health and behavioral treatment plus an adult residential facility, and they run special programs for those who need extra support, including memory care and transitional care, so seniors with different needs have people to help them every step of the way. Lawton's been rated highly for both overall quality and short-term care, with an A rating and A+ for short-term services, and there's always an emphasis on having plenty of direct care staff around; residents get their voices heard through a resident council, and the center covers everything from IV therapy to wound and lymphedema management, feeding support, and psychological counseling. They focus on safety, comfort, and community, balancing medical care with entertainment and wellness programs, and while Lawton doesn't have a family council, they do work closely with families when needed and offer 24/7 emergency services.

    The attention to detail shows in things like concierge service, in-room phones, free cable, enhanced dining, and onsite lab and psychologist services, while those wanting quiet time can use the courtyard or join in group or individual therapies, including rehabilitation for orthopedic, neurological, or postsurgical needs. Lawton Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center doesn't claim to be perfect but offers reliable, well-rounded care for elders who need skilled nursing, rehab, personal support, and a place to feel safe and occupied, and people notice the mix of strong medical services and everyday comforts all under one roof.

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