Focused Care of Waxahachie is a large facility located in Waxahachie, Texas. This is a decent nursing home with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Waxahachie. Based on our analysis, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection reports, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Focused Care of Waxahachie
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better scores in that category, with an A. This is a much better score than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a strong score in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home a better than average grade of B in that area. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly can be a deadly ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping 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.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's next best category turned out to be short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a C. Our short-term care scores are important for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not look like this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded is nursing. We gave this facility a C in that area. Our nursing rating is mostly based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed well in this subcategory. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving a resident more often.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Focused Care of Waxahachie Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term patients which have sustained falls leading to serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for treating a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 4.81% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 94.64% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Focused Care of Waxahachie, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieAcute Care Hospitals 2.22 miles away2400 N Interstate Highway 35e Waxahachie Texas 75165Voluntary non-profit - Private(972) 923-7000
- Ennis Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.34 miles away2201 West Lampasas Street Ennis Texas 75119Proprietary(972) 875-0900
- Crescent Medical Center LancasterAcute Care Hospitals 14.49 miles away2600 West Pleasant Run Road Lancaster Texas 75146Physician(972) 230-8888
- Methodist Charlton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.18 miles away3500 W Wheatland Road Dallas Texas 75237Voluntary non-profit - Private(214) 947-7777
- Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.98 miles away2700 E Broad Street Mansfield Texas 76063Voluntary non-profit - Private(682) 622-2059
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dialysis Services Waxahachie1.51 miles away1300 S. Rogers Street Waxahachie Texas 75165Dialysis Stations: 20 (972) 938-2212
- Liberty Dialysis - Waxahachie1.7 miles away1011 North Highway 77 Suite 102 Waxahachie Texas 75165CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (972) 351-8575
- Desoto Regional Dialysis Center LLC13.21 miles away2651 Bolton Boone Drive Building B Desoto Texas 75115CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (972) 780-5991
- Fmc of Pleasant Run Dialysis13.3 miles away900 N. Polk Street #146 Desoto Texas 75115CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (972) 228-8780
- Usrc Cedar Hill, LLC13.93 miles away458 N Highway 67 Ste 400 Cedar Hill Texas 75104Dialysis Stations: 8 (214) 444-7386
- Fresenius Medical Care Cedar Hill, LLC13.94 miles away120 W Belt Line Rd Cedar Hill Texas 75104Dialysis Stations: 21 (972) 293-8178
- Lynwick Dialysis, LLC14 miles away439 E Fm 1382 Cedar Hill Texas 75104Dialysis Stations: 21 (972) 291-5817
- Liberty Dialysis - Lancaster14.34 miles away3250 W Pleasant Run Road Suite 280 Lancaster Texas 75146CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (972) 230-7778