Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is in Brownsville, Texas, a city with a population of 195,686 people. Featuring an overall grade of C, this appears to be a respectable facility. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Brownsville, which is admittedly a little below average nationally. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its remarkable inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given its next most favorable category grade in the area of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of B- in this area, which is a reasonably acceptable score. Our long-term care scores are more critical for those in need of more conventional services associated with personal care. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third best category we gave this nursing home in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Short-term care scores are important for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the last area, this nursing home really didn't perform well. Due to an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this was this nursing home's worst category. There are quite a few subcategories within this grade. Most of these criteria are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. In addition to its below average nursing hour totals, this facility received poor scores in some of the quality-based measures we considered in computing our nursing scores. We found that more of this nursing home's patients sustained falls which led to major injury. We would argue that many falls could likely be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic contributed to this place receiving a poor nursing rating.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 5.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.94% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.88% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.41% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.64% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.21% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.21% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.55% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 68.78% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Scores for Brownsville, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of F
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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