Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation is a senior living facility in Ballinger, Texas, a city with 4,869 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A grade of this caliber requires some solid scores. Based on our assessment, this place ought to meet the needs of many people. This nursing home did not fare well in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area, with an A-. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Inspection scores are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a positive grade in long-term care. This facility earned a B in this area, which is one of our more impressive scores. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. Nursing grades are based largely on levels 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. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the next area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D for short-term care. This was the nursing home's least impressive category score. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Based on its score in this category, we were not surprised to learn that this nursing home is well below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the figures we looked at. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric may be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 4.84% of Patients
This is the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 93.69% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 11.91 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Central Texas Nursing & Rehabilitation, 66.29% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Ballinger Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.12 miles away608 Avenue B Ballinger Texas 76821Government - Hospital District or Authority(325) 365-2531
- North Runnels HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.75 miles away7821 East Highway 153 Winters Texas 79567Government - Hospital District or Authority(325) 754-4553