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Zion of Alamo Heights

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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8020 Blanco Rd,
San Antonio TX 78216

(210) 344-4553

33.63% estimated occupancy 1

Zion of Alamo Heights is a large nursing home located in San Antonio, Texas. We gave this nursing home an F, which is just about as bad as it gets in our grading scheme. San Antonio received a city grade of C, so there are other options in the city worth considering. Finally, we were surprised to learn that this nursing home received a decent grade in the area of long-term care. You can find more information on this category below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company

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Facility Inspections

Grade: C

While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a C for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This place was assessed 5 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This tells you CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We gave this facility a grade of just D for our short-term care score and that actually turned out to be its next most favorable category. In computing these short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Not surprisingly, we learned that this facility offers far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the typical nursing home. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. Our nursing score weighs many components, however, the most important one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This place averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This place performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Turning to the fourth category, this nursing home really did not perform very well here either. Due to a very poor grade of F in long-term care, this is about as bad as it gets. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 96.72131 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable figure. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. 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.

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

Zion of Alamo Heights Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Zion of Alamo Heights, 7.77% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Zion of Alamo Heights, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall leading to major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Zion of Alamo Heights, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Zion of Alamo Heights, 16.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating several conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Zion of Alamo Heights, 35.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Zion of Alamo Heights, 3.26% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Zion of Alamo Heights, 96.22% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Zion of Alamo Heights, 19.44% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Zion of Alamo Heights, 15.8% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Zion of Alamo Heights, 15.8% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Scores for San Antonio, TX

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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