Alpine Terrace is one of four facilities in Kerrville, Texas. With an overall score of B-, this is likely a decent facility. If you take a look at the other options in Kerrville, we hope you will find this place to be a more appealing option than most nursing homes in the city. This city simply does not have a great selection of nursing homes. The best part of this place's report card is is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Alpine Terrace
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Radiation Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A-. Few facilities performed better in this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a strong score in our short-term care category. We awarded this facility an above average grade of B+ in this area. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
An additional reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned an A+ nursing score. This is as good as it gets in this category. In calculating a facility's nursing grade, we assess the amount of time nurses are with patients and the level of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our final area, we gave this facility a grade of D for the area of long-term care. This is the nursing home's worst category grade. Naturally, this category hurt the facility's overall profile to a certain degree. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alpine Terrace Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Alpine Terrace, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Alpine Terrace, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced falls leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Alpine Terrace, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Alpine Terrace, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Alpine Terrace, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Alpine Terrace, 4.81% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Alpine Terrace, 94.64% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Alpine Terrace, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Alpine Terrace, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Alpine Terrace, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Alpine Terrace, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Alpine Terrace, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Alpine Terrace, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Kerrville, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Kerrville, Texas has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Peterson Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.79 miles away551 Hill Country Drive Kerrville Texas 78028Voluntary non-profit - Private(830) 896-4200
- Hill Country Memorial Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 19.4 miles away1020 South State Highway 16 Fredericksburg Texas 78624Voluntary non-profit - Private(830) 997-4353
Nearby Dialysis
- Kerrville Dialysis2.79 miles away515-a Granada Kerrville Texas 78028Dialysis Stations: 16 (830) 257-8734