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Nurse Quality
We also would like to point out that this nursing home received an A for our nursing rating. When determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are seeing residents as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
Grade: A
This nursing home has earned near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A in this category. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. 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.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
Turning the page to our next area, this nursing home was given an excellent short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in that category. Our short-term care grades are presumably more meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
In the final category we scored, this facility received an impressive grade grade of A in our long-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home wrapped up a straight A profile. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Convalescent Center Quality Metrics
Grade: AMinimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 3.48% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Grade: A+Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care patients who have had falls resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing scores.
Grade: BMinimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 1.68% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with inadequate hygiene.
Grade: B-plusAppropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 10.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Grade: A-minusAppropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 12.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Grade: B-minusManaging Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 4.95% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Grade: BAppropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 97.06% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Grade: B-plusResidents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 11.87% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Grade: CAbility to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 11.33% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Grade: A-minusHospitalizations
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Grade: A-minusShort-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 11.33% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Grade: BShort-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 11.11% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Grade: FShort-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Convalescent Center, 59.6% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Amarillo, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
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- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
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- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
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- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
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- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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