Chandler Nursing Center
300 Cherry St, Chandler TX 75758 · (903) 849-2485 · 97.99% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Chandler Nursing Center is a small government-owned facility in Chandler, Texas. This nursing home received an overall grade of B, which is a good rating. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this nursing home. You also may want to review this facility's category grades below. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 70 Beds
CCRC :
Government - Hospital district
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
On top of performing well in its overall score, this nursing home received even higher grades in the area of long-term care. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that area with a grade of A+. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a deadly ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.97 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility was just about middle of the road in this area.
Facility Inspections
Turning to another one of this nursing home's strengths, it also earned a very impressive inspection rating. In fact, inspections turned out to be one of its best category grades. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. The nursing score is based on several factors, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed a few nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these statistics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory. This is typically a reliable indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a patient at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the final category, this nursing home received a decent short-term care grade of C. Short-term care grades are typically used to gauge a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers at least 50% more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most other facilities. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 42.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this is below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chandler Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better