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Falcon Lake Nursing Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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200 Carla St,
Zapata TX 78076

(956) 765-3040

59.15% estimated occupancy 1

Falcon Lake Nursing Home is a small nursing home located in Zapata, Texas. This facility received an overall grade of B-, which is a respectable grade. In our view, this place looks like a solid choice for most people. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pain Management
  • Catheter Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our inspection grades are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's short-term care rating turns out to be one of its better features. The nursing home was given a B- in this category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is considered to be a meaningful measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. We looked at the qualifications of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses were with patients, in determining our rating in this category. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a low total compared to most facilities. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics. While this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a patient more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Turning to our fourth category, this nursing home was awarded a C for long-term care, which is generally a respectable grade. With our long-term care category, we look at the quantity of services provided by a facility, as well as a series of quality metrics. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Falcon Lake Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents that have sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 7.34% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 26.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 7.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 2.88% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 100% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 14.47% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 14.33% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Falcon Lake Nursing Home, 14.33% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.