Advanced Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Vernon
4401 College Dr, Vernon TX 76384 · (940) 552-9316 · 90.91% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Advanced Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Vernon is an average-sized nursing home located in Vernon, Texas. It looks like this is a fine nursing home. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable rating. This place truly has plenty of good features. We were also pleased to find that this place did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this place also received first-rate government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that category, with an A+. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without having complete information regarding deficiencies for this facility, it was challenging to really evaluate it in this category.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was given a strong long-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. This facility was also able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 1.57 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a decent score in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. Our short-term care grades are considered to be more critical for individuals requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more than 50% more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that returned home from this facility. It performed respectably in this metric with 45.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our last area, this facility received a C in nursing, which we consider to be a decent rating. We analyzed the levels of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses spent with patients, in computing our score in this area. This nursing home provided just 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is significantly below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. Although this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving residents more frequently.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Advanced Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Vernon Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric may be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better