Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home in Fairfield, Texas. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B-, which is a good score. This facility seems to have a few things working in its favor. Lastly, this facility had an ownership change in the last year, so we will need to take a closer look to see how new ownership affects this facility's performance measures.
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Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this nursing home outperformed its overall grade in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in this category with a grade of A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the area of long-term care, we gave this nursing home a grade of A- in that category. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Another strength of this nursing home is its favorable grade in nursing. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with an D. Our nursing rating is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. With just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this facility's nurse staffing levels were significantly below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This place fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was short-term care, which was this facility's weakest area. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this area, which is clearly very concerning. In our short-term care score, we seek to craft a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.4 percent of its residents returning home. This was well below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care patients that have experienced a fall which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better nursing care can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 4.84% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 93.69% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 11.91 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 66.29% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Freestone Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.46 miles away125 Newman St Fairfield Texas 75840Government - Hospital District or Authority(903) 389-1612
- Parkview Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.01 miles away600 South Bonham Street Mexia Texas 76667Proprietary(254) 562-5332