Eden Home
631 Lakeview Blvd, New Braunfels TX 78130 · (830) 625-6291 · 119.28% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Eden Home is one of four available nursing homes in New Braunfels, Texas. Sporting an overall grade of D, this is a relatively poor facility. This place has very little going for it. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 112 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
Although we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a B for our short-term care score. In calculating our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is considered to be a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes in the nation in this area with 55.5 percent of its patients returning home. This is a higher rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Our nursing score is mostly tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. With 4.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day, this place surpassed the national average. We also look at the qualifications of nurses and add more weight to hours worked by skilled nurses. Finally, we also factored in some quality-based assessments. This facility scored well in a few of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home outpaced the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is long-term care, where this facility was given a grade of B- in this area. Long-term care grades assess a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the highly skilled therapy and healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.79012 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.34 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
The final category we looked at is inspections. This nursing home did not receive positive government inspection reports in recent years. In fact, we gave it an F here. For facilities with poor inspection ratings, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular facility was assessed 2 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was assessed significant government fines recently of more than $50,000. This generally indicates that inspectors grew tired after multiple years of failed health inspections.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Eden Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of 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 metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better