Cedar Hills Geriatric Center
710 Hwy 55, Camp Wood TX 78833 · (830) 597-5445 · 90.23% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Cedar Hills Geriatric Center is the sole option we found in Camp Wood, Texas. We gave this nursing home an overall score of F. Based on our analysis, this facility likely isn't a good fit for anyone. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 86 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this place a terrible overall score, we gave it a grade of B for our inspections rating. This is the result of the nursing home receiving a decent inspection report this year. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is generally in your best interest to avoid nursing homes that had too many severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's second most favorable category was short-term care, but even there it earned a grade of just D in that area. This still happens to be a well below average grade. In computing our short-term care scores, we size up a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is generally a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation. Considering its abysmal score in this area, we were not shocked to find this nursing home provides far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. The final metric we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.
Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility only earned a D for its long-term care score, which is not a very good score. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. With 1.85 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home didn't fare quite as well.
Nurse Quality
The final category we scored is nursing. This facility received a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this category. Nursing ratings are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided just 2.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. In addition to receiving below average marks for nursing hours, this nursing home was less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and found this facility was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this metric.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cedar Hills Geriatric Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term patients that are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
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