Decatur Medical Lodge
701 W Bennett Rd, Decatur TX 76234 · (940) 626-2800 · 82.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Decatur Medical Lodge is a large nursing home located in Decatur, Texas. This facility was given an uninspiring overall grade of D, which is a well below average rating. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Decatur. The city has just two other nursing homes. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection grade. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category scores
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 124 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it an A for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the nursing home's overall score. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's long-term care rating is one of its respectable scores. The nursing home received a B- in this area. Long-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of care. This includes a broad range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.723755 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.72 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility was not too far off the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home's next highest score is short-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this category, it still fared relatively poorly. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. With a score in this range in this area, we were not stunned to learn this facility was well below average in two of the key staffing areas we looked at. The nursing home provided significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This nursing home a bit in this metric as well, with just 48.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we looked at is nursing. This facility was given a poor grade of F in this area. We looked at the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in calculating our grade in this area. This nursing home provides 2.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. To go along with its low total nursing hours per patient, this facility had poor marks in many of the quality-based metrics we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing falls which led to serious injury. This facility was at more than 150 percent of the national average in this statistic. This is alarming in light of the fact that many falls could be avoided with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the facility's fate of receiving a poor nursing score.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Decatur Medical Lodge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better