Coronado at Stone Oak

While we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively solid inspections in recent years. We gave it a B+ in this category, which is much better than its overall score. Inspection ratings account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

We also gave this nursing home a favorable score in short-term care. This facility earned a grade of B in this area, which turns out to be one of our better grades. Our short-term care ratings are probably more critical for patients in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we assess the number of hours nurses spend with patients as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This facility performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.

The next area we rated is long-term care. Sadly, it received an F in this category, which is a poor score. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.45355 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.