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Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

  • Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center's website

305 S Palestine St,
Athens TX 75751

(903) 675-2046

44.66% estimated occupancy 1

Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is a senior living facility located in Athens, Texas, a city with 24,239 people. This proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. This actually turned out to be the top nursing home in Athens. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

We also gave this facility a grade of A+ for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a dangerous condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facility's next most favorable area was its short-term care score, where it was given a grade of C. With our short-term care assessment, we seek to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. It does not appear that this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The last category we looked at is nursing, where this facility received a grade of C. This ended up being this facility's weakest category. This is still not a poor grade. Our nursing score weighs many components, but the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This place averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care offered.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure measures the percent of long-term residents who suffered falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 4.84% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 93.69% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 17.58% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 13.47% Percentage of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Athens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.91 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.1 miles away2000 South Palestine St Athens Texas 75751Voluntary non-profit - Private(903) 676-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Medical Care Henderson County1.39 miles away1220 S Palestine Street Athens Texas 75751Dialysis Stations: 29 (903) 677-8471

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=675264