Located in Texarkana, Texas, Cornerstone Retirement Community is one of just three nursing homes in the city. This nursing home proved to be a grade A facility, which is a phenomenal rating. This is the best nursing home in Texarkana. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category ratings. It would be hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Cornerstone Retirement Community
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is it received an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this very important category. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A-. Our nursing grade includes a variety of subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at is short-term care. Adding to its dominant profile, this nursing home also excelled in that area. In fact, we awarded it a grade of of A- in the category. Our short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category, we gave this facility an A+ for our long-term care rating. This topped off a very favorable report card. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 88.46154 percent of its patients against pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cornerstone Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 4.84% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 93.69% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many believe this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 11.91 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cornerstone Retirement Community, 66.29% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Christus St Michael Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 1.3 miles away2600 St Michael Dr Texarkana Texas 75504Voluntary non-profit - Church(903) 614-1000
- Wadley Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4 miles away1000 Pine Street Texarkana Texas 75501Physician(903) 798-8000
- Little River Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.83 miles away451 West Locke Street Ashdown Arkansas 71822Voluntary non-profit - Private(870) 898-5011
Nearby Dialysis
- Texarkana Regional Dialysis1.69 miles away5502 Medical Parkway Dr. Texarkana Texas 75503CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (903) 832-9771
- Vamana, Inc4.51 miles away422 Beech St Texarkana Arkansas 71854Dialysis Stations: 11 (870) 773-1111
- Davita - Miller County Dialysis5.43 miles away816 East St Texarkana Arkansas 71854CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (870) 772-2756