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The Forum at Lincoln Heights

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Updated Jul 1, 2021 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
Oct 18: B+Nov 18: B+Dec 18: BJan 19: A-Feb 19: A-May 19: A-Jun 19: A-Jul 19: A-Aug 19: A-Sep 19: A-Jan 20: A-Mar 20: A-Apr 20: AMay 20: AJun 20: AJul 20: AAug 20: ASep 20: A-Oct 20: ANov 20: AJan 21: AFeb 21: AMar 21: AApr 21: B+May 21: A-Jun 21: A-Jul 21: A-
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The Forum at Lincoln Heights's website

311 W Nottingham,
San Antonio TX 78209

(210) 824-2314

57.5% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Data for The Forum at Lincoln Heights has not been updated recently. This page shows historical performance which may not be representitive of current service levels.

The Forum at Lincoln Heights is located in San Antonio, Texas, which is among the largest metropolitan areas in the country. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our higher grades. Based on our assessment, this place is really as good as it gets. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its short-term care score, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • No Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

To pair with its strong overall score, we gave this nursing home an A+ for its short-term care score. Short-term care grades are critical for patients in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 7.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Nursing grades are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Turning to our final area, this facility was awarded a decent long-term care grade. While this was not quite as elite as several of its other category grades, this is truly not a poor grade. Long-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of nursing care. This means a vast spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 97.36842 percent of its residents. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

The Forum at Lincoln Heights Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 16.92% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 4.29% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term care residents which had urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 3.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 7.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 9.21% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression. High rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 94.02% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 9.26% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the deterioration of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 28.94% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 0.3 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 28.94% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 5.32% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In The Forum at Lincoln Heights, 66.87% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for San Antonio, TX

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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