Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is a facility located in Ballinger, Texas. This city has 4,869 people. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road grade. This facility seems to have a few things going for it. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
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
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received its second best category score in the area of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is a decent grade. In our short-term care score, we try to create a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below average.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. Nursing scores are primarily tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this metric. This can be a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving residents more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care, which turned out to be a weak spot for this facility. We gave this nursing home a D for our long-term care category. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care may not provide the type of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes provide. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 92.59259 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is slightly less than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Surprisingly, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which have sustained falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are typically given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 4.81% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 94.64% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some believe this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ballinger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Ballinger Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.24 miles away608 Avenue B Ballinger Texas 76821Government - Hospital District or Authority(325) 365-2531
- North Runnels HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.55 miles away7821 East Highway 153 Winters Texas 79567Government - Hospital District or Authority(325) 754-4553