Coon Memorial Home is in Dalhart, Texas. The city has 10,741 people. This facility appears to be among the higher-rated facilities we looked at. A grade in this range requires high-end marks across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the nation. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card was its long-term care rating. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Coon Memorial Home
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 76.646706 percent of its residents. This is slightly lower than we were hoping for. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
The next category we looked at was inspections, where this facility also received an A+ grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. This place was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. In determining our nursing grades, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning a patient even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our final area, this nursing home was awarded a respectable short-term care score. Even though this wasn't nearly as dominant as many of its other grades, this is truly not the end of the world. Our short-term care grades are arguably most critical for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Coon Memorial Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Coon Memorial Home, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Coon Memorial Home, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Coon Memorial Home, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this metric can be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Coon Memorial Home, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term 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 situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Coon Memorial Home, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Coon Memorial Home, 4.84% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Coon Memorial Home, 93.69% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Coon Memorial Home, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Coon Memorial Home, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Coon Memorial Home, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Coon Memorial Home, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Coon Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.18 miles away1411 Denver Avenue Dalhart Texas 79022Government - Hospital District or Authority(806) 244-4571