Elkhart Oaks Care Center
214 Jones Rd, Elkhart TX 75839 · (903) 764-2291 · 58.57% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Elkhart Oaks Care Center is a nursing home located in Elkhart, Texas. This city has a population of 5,069 people. Our rating scheme was not kind to this nursing home, as it received an overall score of F. At the end of the day, you would be better off to steer clear of this nursing home. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 98 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, this facility was assessed a category L deficiency, which was unexpected based on its inspection grade. This category of deficiency means CMS discovered a widespread deficiency placing resident safety or health in immediate danger. While other aspects of this nursing home's inspection report were favorable, we have some reservations.
Long-term Care Quality
We awarded this facility just a D for our long-term care score and that actually ended up being its next most favorable category. For patients in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 97.90576 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this place fared much worse with 3.19 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, this statistic is nearly twice the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 40.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The next area we graded is nursing, in which this nursing home was given an abysmal score in this category as well. It received an F for this area, which is definitely very concerning. Our nursing grade is mostly associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This place averaged a meager 2.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This place also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its low nursing hours. For starters, we looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers. This facility was at more than twice the national average in this datapoint. This is concerning when you consider that so many pressure ulcers are preventable with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the facility's fate of earning a very poor nursing rating.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Elkhart Oaks Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better