Decatur Medical Lodge is located in Decatur, Texas, a city with a total of 15,587 people. We gave it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack rating. This facility has some things working in its favor. One of the best aspects of this facility's report card is its stellar inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.
Decatur Medical Lodge
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our best scores. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received a favorable grade in our long-term care category. We awarded this facility a better than average grade of B in this area. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.649124 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, 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 also gave this facility a solid score in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. The last metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's worst category was nursing, which is the last area we looked at. For this area, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. Our nursing rating analyzes quite a few components, but the main consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is an alarmingly low total. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This facility performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Decatur Medical Lodge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 7.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 3.28% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term patients who sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 1.64% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing care can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 11.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 22.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 4.66% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 94.73% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 17.29% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the decline of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 18.08% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 1.58 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 18.08 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term 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 Decatur Medical Lodge, 11.87 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Decatur Medical Lodge, 66.73% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Wise Regional Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 0.43 miles away609 Medical Center Drive Decatur Texas 76234Government - Hospital District or Authority(940) 627-5921
Nearby Dialysis
- Wise Regional Health System Dialysis Center0.12 miles away2150 S. Fm 51 Decatur Texas 76234Dialysis Stations: 24 (940) 626-1700
- Decatur Home Dialysis, LLC0.12 miles away2301 S Fm 51 Ste 600 Decatur Texas 76234Dialysis Stations: 1 (940) 252-1700