Beacon Hill

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Beacon Hill's website

3515 S Park Ave,
Denison TX 75020

(903) 327-8537

62.13% estimated occupancy ¹

Beacon Hill is a large nursing home located in Denison, Texas. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a quality grade. This nursing home turned out to be one of the better facilities in the city. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph

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 Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

On top of being a strong nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Not many facilities performed better in that category. Our inspection scores are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility truly excelled in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of A-. Not many facilities performed better in this area. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a low total compared to most other nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Our final category is short-term care, where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C in this area. Our short-term care grades are important for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Beacon Hill Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Beacon Hill, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Beacon Hill, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients who have had falls leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Beacon Hill, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs

This is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients which have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Beacon Hill, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Beacon Hill, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Beacon Hill, 4.81% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could imply a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Beacon Hill, 94.64% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Beacon Hill, 17.1% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Beacon Hill, 16.36% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Beacon Hill, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Beacon Hill, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Beacon Hill, 11.4 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Beacon Hill, 66.86% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Denison, 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 D
Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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Nearby Hospitals

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Wilson N Jones Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.72 miles away500 N Highland Avenue Sherman Texas 75091Proprietary(903) 870-4611

Nearby Dialysis

Denison Dialysis Center2.62 miles away123 N. Us Hwy 75 Denison Texas 75020CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (903) 337-0731
Davita Sherman Crossroads Dialysis8.64 miles away209 W Travis St Sherman Texas 75092Dialysis Stations: 13 (903) 421-0272
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