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Facility Inspections
Grade: A
The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection grade. In fact, its inspection score was far superior to its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A. Inspection grades are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B
Additionally, we also wanted to point out that this nursing home was given positive long-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of B. This turned out to be the facility's second best grade. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: C
We also gave this nursing home a middle of the road score in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a C. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We were surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is still important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Nurse Quality
Grade: F
The final category we rated was nursing. We gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is a rock bottom score. This is clearly a major disappointment. There are a host of factors included in this area. Many of the factors are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home offered a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is an alarmingly low total. On top of its weak nursing hours, this facility also earned suboptimal marks in some of the quality-based measures we considered in determining our nursing grades. We found that more of this place's residents suffered falls leading to major injury.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Grade: B-plusMinimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Grade: B-minusMinimizes Serious Falls
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents which have suffered a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Grade: AMinimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.28% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Grade: BAppropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.04% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Grade: B-plusAppropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 16.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Grade: A+Managing Depression Among Residents
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Grade: AAppropriate Vaccine Usage
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Grade: A-minusResidents Maintain Autonomy
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.46% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Grade: CAbility to Keep Residents Mobile
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.37% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Grade: A-minusShort-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.37% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Grade: BShort-term Care: ER Visits
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.3% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Grade: DShort-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 68.33% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Knapp Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.86 miles away1401 East Eight Street Weslaco Texas 78596Voluntary non-profit - Private(956) 968-8567
- South Texas Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 14.98 miles away1102 W Trenton Road Edinburg Texas 78539Proprietary(956) 632-4484
- Rio Grande Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.37 miles away101 E Ridge Rd Mcallen Texas 78503Proprietary(956) 632-6000
- Doctors Hospital at RenaissanceAcute Care Hospitals 15.74 miles away5501 South Mccoll Edinburg Texas 78539Physician(956) 362-8677
- Cornerstone Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.84 miles away2302 Cornerstone Boulevard Edinburg Texas 78539Proprietary(956) 618-4444
- Rio Grande State CenterPsychiatric 17.43 miles away1401 Rangerville Road Harlingen Texas 78550Government - State(956) 364-8000
- Harlingen Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.36 miles away5501 South Expressway 77 Harlingen Texas 78550Proprietary(956) 365-1000
- Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCAcute Care Hospitals 19.85 miles away2101 Pease St Harlingen Texas 78550Proprietary(956) 389-1100
Nearby Dialysis
- Biomedical Applications of Texas, Inc0.74 miles away1010 Rone Drive Weslaco Texas 78596Dialysis Stations: 23 (956) 973-0002
- Weslaco Renal Center0.74 miles away910 Utah Weslaco Texas 78596CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (956) 968-1895
- Us Renal Care Mid Valley Weslaco Dialysis0.9 miles away1005 S. Airport Drive Weslaco Texas 78596CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (956) 968-5806
- Weslaco Dialysis Facility2.23 miles away1614 E Commercial Drive Weslaco Texas 78599CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (956) 973-1970
- Renal Treatment Centers of Southeast, Lp4.49 miles away1307 Cameron St Mercedes Texas 78570Dialysis Stations: 21 (956) 514-2596
- Davita Donna Dialysis4.96 miles away1006 East Hwy 2 Donna Texas 78537Dialysis Stations: 21 (956) 461-2519
- Fresenius Medical Care Tri-City9.32 miles away734 North Alamo Road Alamo Texas 78516CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (956) 783-5628
- Us Renal Care Delta Dialysis10.24 miles away400 E. Edinburg Blvd Elsa Texas 78543CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (956) 262-3400
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