Blanco Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation
8020 Blanco Rd, San Antonio TX 78216 · (210) 344-4553 · 38.11% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Blanco Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation is located in the large metropolitan area of San Antonio, Texas. This facility received an overall score of F. Fortunately, if you aren't impressed with this facility, there are countless other options available in this city. This nursing home's only redeeming feature was its inspection grade, which we provide more information about below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 143 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it earned a very impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A-. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid facilities that have too many deficiencies. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this nursing home's next most favorable score is short-term care. However, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed somewhat poorly. In our short-term care rating, we strive to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this facility provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
We were surprised to find that this facility also excelled in the area of nursing. In fact, we awarded it a score of D for that category, which is one of our highest grades. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we look at the amount of time nurses are with patients and the level of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. Unfortunately, this place also had abysmal marks in some of the quality-based measures to pair with its low nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than twice the national average in this datapoint.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth area, this facility didn't perform well here either. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this is about as terrible as it gets. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.1228 percent of its residents, which is an above average percentage. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Blanco Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better