Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care
1420 Mccreary Rd, Wylie TX 75098 · (972) 442-6776 · 85.78% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care is a large government-owned facility located in Wylie, Texas. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires quality marks in most areas. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this place. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 128 Beds
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Government - Hospital district
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home also earned first-rate inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best scores in that area, with an A+. Inspection grades are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other strengths is its elite long-term care score. We gave them one of our more favorable grades in that category, with a grade of A. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 84.31372 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.88 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home was just about middle of the pack in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third best category was its short-term care score, where it was awarded a C. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that it performed better than most nursing homes in the nation in this area with 53.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's worst category is nursing, which is the final category we assessed. Sadly, it received an abysmal F for this area. Despite a few excellent scores in other areas, this score is nevertheless somewhat concerning so we would like to to point it out. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses spent with patients, in determining our rating in this area. This facility offered a meager 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This place was above average in two of the data points we focus on, with solid marks for avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better