Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community is a senior living facility in Columbus, Texas. The city has a population of 6,712 people. Sporting an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. As far as we can see, this place would be a good fit for most people. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.
Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its excellent government inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also wanted to point out that this facility was given positive long-term care marks this year. We awarded them one of our more favorable grades in this category, with a grade of B+. This turned out to be the nursing home's second strongest grade. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 66.27907 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is slightly less than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we looked at is short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a C. Our short-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The hope is that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
The final category we graded is nursing, which ended up being this facility's least impressive area. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this category, which is clearly very disappointing. The nursing score includes a number of subcategories. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This place averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This place performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 4.81% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 94.64% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Columbus Oaks Healthcare Community, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Columbus Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.5 miles away110 Shult Dr Columbus Texas 78934Voluntary non-profit - Private(979) 732-2371
- Rice Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 14.53 miles away600 South Austin Road Eagle Lake Texas 77434Proprietary(979) 234-5571
Nearby Dialysis
- Phoenix Dialysis, LLC14.43 miles away407 E. South Street Weimar Texas 78962Dialysis Stations: 8 (979) 985-3700