WACO Healthcare and Rehab is a large facility in Waco, Texas. Sporting an overall score of C, this is a middle of the road facility. This facility has a few things working in its favor. The best part of this facility's profile was is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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WACO Healthcare and Rehab
- 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
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
The main reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with an A-. This is a notably better score than the place's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also would like to point out that this facility received a strong long-term care grade. In fact, it received one of our most favorable grades in that category with a score of A-. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our short-term care grade. This is not one of our better scores. In crafting our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Based on its grade in this area, we were not stunned to find that this facility was well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the data we assessed. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our next area, this facility really did not fare well. Due to a very poor grade of F in nursing, this is this nursing home's poorest category. In determining our nursing scores, we factor in both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This place provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
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, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care patients which were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 4.84% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 93.69% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 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. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 11.91 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In WACO Healthcare and Rehab, 66.29% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
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