Buena Vida Nursing and Rehab-San Antonio
5027 Pecan Grove, San Antonio TX 78222 · (210) 333-6815 · 35.85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Buena Vida Nursing and Rehab-San Antonio is a very-large facility in San Antonio, Texas. With a abysmal overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. Fortunately, if you aren't satisfied with this facility, there are 64 nursing homes to choose from in the city so you should be able to find a better option. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 222 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home surprisingly performed well in the category of short-term care. We gave it a B for that area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home performed better in this area than in its staffing levels. It performed as well as just about any facility with 60.7 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility performed well in the area of inspections also. In fact, we gave it a grade of B- for that category, which is a solid grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. This place was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. Our nursing grade weighs several components, however, the main consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is slightly below the national average. This nursing home also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its low nursing hour totals. We looked at the percent of patients suffering pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This facility was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this metric.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final category, this facility really didn't fare very well in this area either. Due to a very poor grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. For residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.69788 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. Surprisingly, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.21 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Buena Vida Nursing and Rehab-San Antonio Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression. High rates of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better