Buckner Villa Siesta Home is in Austin, Texas. The city provides a host of options. This proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. In fact, we thought highly enough of this facility to rank it ahead of most of the nursing homes in Austin. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Buckner Villa Siesta Home
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this facility especially excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes performed more favorably in this area. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.004974 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received its next highest category grade in the category of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a B- in this area, which is a respectable grade. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 4.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Our next area is nursing, where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C in this category. The nursing rating consists of a handful of data points, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, our nursing grades also consider some quality-focused statistics. We especially like to look at the percent of patients who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Buckner Villa Siesta Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 14.29% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This gauges the percent of long-term residents who developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 6.97% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 5.26% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 10.66% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 6.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 1.56% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 96.17% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 9.52% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 8.9% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Some argue that mobility is critical to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 8.9% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 10.32% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Buckner Villa Siesta Home, 79.32% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Austin, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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