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Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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2101 Treasure Hills Blvd,
Harlingen TX 78550

(956) 430-3100

81.66% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Harlingen, Texas, Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center is one of seven available facilities in the city. We gave this facility a strong overall rating of B+. After analyzing the other choices in Harlingen, this appears to be a better choice than many of them. Based on our ratings, this place has quite a bit going for it. The best part of this nursing home's impressive profile is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Texas badge

Top Nursing Home in Texas Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Harlingen, Texas badge

Best Nursing Home in Harlingen, Texas Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection grades are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem 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.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Contributing to this facility's list of accomplishments, it also was awarded a fine short-term care grade. We gave them an elite grade of A- in this area. In our short-term care category, we strive to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this facility also was given favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we gave it one of our better grades in that area, with a score of B+. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to minimize negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this facility 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 an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The next area we looked at is nursing, where this facility was awarded a C. While this proved to be its weakest category grade, this is nevertheless a middle of the pack score. Our nursing grade assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, while this place did not rank highly in terms of nursing hours per resident, it performed much better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, this nursing home fared better than the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 5.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 6.31% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 2.25% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A+

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 0% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 21.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 17.17% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 91.07% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 7.77% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 7.24% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 7.24% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 14.06% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Golden Palms Retirement & Health Center, 92.03% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.

Scores for Harlingen, TX

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of D
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

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Nearby Dialysis

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