WACO Healthcare and Rehab is located in Waco, Texas, a city with a total of 148,766 people. Our scoring scheme was not very kind to this facility, as it received an overall grade of F. If you are not happy with this facility's subpar overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are seven other nursing homes in Waco. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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WACO Healthcare and Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: WACO Healthcare and Rehab has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a C for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. Our inspection ratings are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates this facility avoided the more significant categories of deficiencies. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this nursing home only earned a grade of D for its long-term care grade, which turns out to be one of its better category scores. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. The nursing rating features numerous subcategories. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This particular place averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is well below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at was short-term care. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this category. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we size up a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is often a reliable measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 3.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
WACO Healthcare and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 7.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 1.37% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 5.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 25.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 20.25% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 99.32% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 17.06% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 16.8% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels. Many believe that mobility is critical to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 16.8% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 19.31% of Patients
This datapoint 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 gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 30.01% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Waco, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Waco, Texas has 7 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Providence Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.68 miles away6901 Medical Parkway Woodway Texas 76712Voluntary non-profit - Private(254) 751-4000
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestAcute Care Hospitals 7.26 miles away100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd Woodway Texas 76712Voluntary non-profit - Private(254) 202-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Waco Lakeshore0.8 miles away2420 Lakeshore Drive Waco Texas 76708Dialysis Stations: 20 (254) 756-2179
- Fresenius Medical Care Brazos2.92 miles away2329 N 39th Waco Texas 76708CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (254) 752-5503
- Fresenius Medical Care Bellmead4.01 miles away137 Eastgate Shopping Ctr Waco Texas 76705CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (254) 867-1974
- Fmc Dialysis Services Waco West6.09 miles away730 W. Highway 6 Woodway Texas 76712Dialysis Stations: 29 (254) 772-7719
- Fmc Greenway Kidney Center7.11 miles away5940 Crosslake Parkway Woodway Texas 76712CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (254) 666-8826