Focused Care of Waxahachie
1413 W Main St, Waxahachie TX 75165 · (972) 937-2298 · 53.68% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Located in Waxahachie, Texas, Focused Care of Waxahachie is one of just three available facilities in this area. Our grading system was not very kind to this nursing home, as it received an overall score of F. This facility doesn't seem to have any redeeming qualities. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection rating. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category grades
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 152 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. While this place had a few 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 didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Remarkably, we awarded this facility a C for its long-term care score, which isn't too bad of a score. Our long-term care scores are more meaningful for folks requiring more conventional services associated with activities of daily living. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.12 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its nursing grade. There are quite a few subcategories within this grade. Most of the factors relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This facility was above average in two of the major metrics we considered, with good marks for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These datapoints are generally reliable measures of the quality of nursing care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the fourth category, this facility did not perform very well in this area either. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in short-term care, this is about as as uninspiring as it gets. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Finally, we considered the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 24.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Focused Care of Waxahachie Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better