Gracy Woods Nursing Center is in Austin, Texas, which turns out to have a host of nursing homes. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of D. A grade of this caliber generally suggests some concerning datapoints. Based on our assessment, this facility likely isn't a great fit for most prospective residents. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Gracy Woods Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next most favorable area is long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Long-term care grades are based on a nursing home's amount of care. This means a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 61.30137 percent of its patients. This is significantly less than average. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. Nursing grades are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home averaged just 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed is short-term care. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this area, which is a poor grade. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Given its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to find that this nursing home is well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the measures we looked at. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.8 percent of its residents returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gracy Woods Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients that have had falls which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 4.81% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 94.64% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gracy Woods Nursing Center, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Austin, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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