Diversicare of Lake Highlands is a facility located in Dallas, Texas which has 1,263,321 people. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a good score. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Dallas. The best part of this facility's report card was its remarkable inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Diversicare of Lake Highlands
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this nursing home really outperformed its overall grade in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best scores in that category with an A. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong grade in our nursing category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best category was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this area. In determining our long-term care scores, we size up the personal care received by the nursing home's patients. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 92.531876 percent of its residents. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's worst category was short-term care, which is the last area we scored. For this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D. Our short-term care scores are presumably more meaningful for those needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. It appears that this nursing home was below average in two of the key staffing metrics we focus on. It provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 3.6 percent of its residents returning home. This was quite a bit below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Diversicare of Lake Highlands Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who have sustained a fall which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 4.81% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 94.64% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Diversicare of Lake Highlands, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Dallas, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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