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Key information
Lawton Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a 68-bed nursing home in San Francisco, part of Generations Healthcare. Medicare rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall, the highest rating, with 5 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 5 for quality of care.
Care on offer includes occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech pathology. It is certified by Medicare and Medi-Cal, and has been since 1971. The nearest hospital, UCSF Medical Center, which has an emergency room, is 0.4 miles away.
Inspectors have visited 18 times since November 2023, most recently on October 6, 2026. Federal inspectors cited 17 deficiencies in that time, none rated as having harmed a resident (15 potential for harm and 2 minor or administrative). Regulators looked into 14 complaints in that time (9 unsubstantiated and 5 without a recorded outcome).
From April to June 2026, each resident received 4.66 hours of nursing care a day on average, 1.37 of them from registered nurses.
Rating and inspection report
Official rating
- Medicare health inspections5/5 · Much above average
- Medicare quality measures (long stay)5/5 · Much above average
- Medicare quality measures5/5 · Much above average
- Medicare quality measures (short stay)5/5 · Much above average
- Medicare staffing4/5 · Above average
- State inspectionsNo serious citations in 3 years
Care & pricing
Care available
- Licensed capacity
- 68 beds
- State license
- CA 220000036 · Active
Pricing
- Average daily charge (Medicare cost report): $566 per dayNursing home
Payment types accepted
Room type
- RoomOther senior care · Newly constructed; amenities include wireless internet access, cable television, private bathrooms, and guest recliners
Daily life
Details
Facilities
- Garden
- Parking Lot
- For-profit ownership (limited liability company)
- State-licensed skilled nursing facility (California CDPH)
Services
- Bathing assistance
- CPAP /
BiPAP - Dialysis support
- Dressing assistance
- Feeding assistance
- Incontinence care
- IV therapy
- Licensed nurse on site 24/
7 - Medication administration by staff
- Medication management and reminders
- Oxygen
- Physical, occupational or speech therapy
- Pressure injury (bed sore) care
- Resident council
- Social services
- Toileting assistance
- Tracheostomy care
- Ventilator care
- Visiting physician
- Wound care
Dining
- Guest Meals
Safety and security
- Automatic sprinklers throughout the building
Policies
- Accepts managed care plans
- Accepts Medicaid (Medi-Cal)
- Accepts Medicare
- Pet restrictions
Languages spoken on site
- Cantonese spoken
- English spoken
- Korean spoken
- Mandarin spoken
- Spanish Spoken
- Tagalog spoken
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Reviews and listings
What families and listing sites say.
Ratings on other sites
- 2.7/5
Reviews
- Caring.com1/5
I’m a recent surgical patient seeking post-operative rehabilitation, and I had a deeply disappointing experience with Lawton Nursing & Rehabilitation. My insurance provider (Cigna) and my hospital (UCSF) both confirmed Lawton is in-network, yet their admissions staff refused to verify coverage or coordinate with the insurer. As a patient recovering from a major pelvic surgery, I was treated with indifference and disrespect at a time when I needed compassion and clarity. This experience has severely shaken my trust in their commitment to patient care.
Read full reviewNov 5, 2025
- Caring.com1/5
My father stayed at this place for 3 months after a stroke and my family's experience was horrible. The key to recover from a stroke is physical and speech rehab. A certain number of hours were set aside each day, paid by the insurance, but the actual hours delivered were far fewer. I practically had to chase down the speech therapist to watch her to do her work. Even then she would say she would be right there and then disappear down the hall. When I could get her, she would come and teach my father how to do the exercises literally in 5 minutes and then disappear again. I was stressed out enough and I really needed this place to be professional.
Read full reviewRosemary L. · Family member
Nov 15, 2021
- Caring.com3/5
I had a stroke in the middle of September last year and I went to Kindred after I left the hospital. I was there for five months. At first they put me in a multi-person room, then they moved me to a two-person room, and finally to a single-person room. The service was good. The place was clean. The first line staff that was taking care of me was very good, but the management staff was not so good. I think the staff was caring and helpful, but the management was not.
Read full reviewResident
Nov 3, 2017
- Caring.com3/5
My mother went to Kindred Rehab two years ago. I was more impressed with it then, but it seems to have gone downhill. The rehab that she was supposed to get wasn't very good. I wasn't really impressed with it. The food was kind of blah, and she didn't like it. They had a dining room where you could go and eat, which was better than eating in your room. There were three people to a room which was really cramped and small. They barely had room for one visiting person to bring a chair in there and there are just curtains between the beds. My mother was there for a total of four or five weeks in two separate stays.
Read full reviewFamily member
Oct 30, 2017
- Caring.com5/5
I would rate this facility a 10 star if that was a possibility. The administrator, social workers and case manager are excellent caring people. They always take time to listen to me and address my concerns. I would recommend private citizens to stay here nonetheless patients after a brief hospital stay.
Read full reviewResident
Mar 16, 2017
- Caring.com5/5
The staff at Kindred was really good. They have clean single and double rooms, an activity calendar, and really good food.
Read full reviewResident
Nov 10, 2015
- Caring.com1/5
I didn't like the staff, they were short of staff. Lawton was terrible. The kitchen was clean, the look and feel was clean. My dad's room was to the far end but he had a window. He had the curtains drawn a lot but he opened it up. It was well lit, it wasn't dark and grungy. I didn't like the service either, it's basic care. My dad kept trying to get out of the bed and they just had a little bell. I just thought it would be a little more sophisticated. His bed sores were huge. It was all around his back, it went down his legs. It was horrible, looked like gangrene. Unfortunately, he didn't eat. The one thing I can say, the staff did train us how to take care of my dad using a feeding tube. That is a compliment I will give them. He stayed there recuperating and doing a little bit of rehab. As far as rehabbing, they did have doctors who came in.
Read full reviewFamily member
Feb 1, 2014