Cornerstone Gardens L is a facility located in Temple, Texas, a city with a total of 72,710 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A grade in this range requires quality marks in most areas. This ought to be on your short list in Temple as we ranked it as one of the three highest rated nursing homes in the city. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Cornerstone Gardens L
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
Specialized Services
- Dentistry
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this facility also received first-rate government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our best scores in this area, with an A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded an impressive short-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this category. Short-term care grades are often employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility's third most favorable area was long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. In the category of long-term care, we focus more on the quantity of services provided by a nursing home, as opposed to more sophisticated services. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded is nursing. This nursing home was given a C in the category. When calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we look at the amount of time nurses are seeing patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cornerstone Gardens L Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 4.84% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 93.69% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 11.91 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cornerstone Gardens L, 66.29% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Temple, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Temple, Texas has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Baylor Scott & White Clinic - TempleAcute Care Hospitals 1.17 miles away2401 S 31st St Temple Texas 76508Voluntary non-profit - Private(254) 724-2111
- Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsAcute Care Hospitals 19.14 miles away850 W Central Texas Expressway Harker Heights Texas 76548Proprietary(254) 953-8342
Nearby Dialysis
- Scott & White Artifical Kidney Unit1.36 miles away2601 Thorton Lane Temple Texas 76508CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 56 (254) 935-5888
- Temple Kidney Center3.4 miles away2915 Saulsbury Temple Texas 76504Dialysis Stations: 17 (254) 742-1162
- Fresenius Medical Care Harker Heights19.09 miles away625 W Central Texas Expressway Harker Heights Texas 76548Dialysis Stations: 20 (254) 690-0613