12021 Metric Blvd, Austin TX 78758 · (512) 228-3300 · 94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Gracy Woods Nursing Center is in Austin, Texas. This city is among the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation with has 940,359 people. This nursing home received a favorable overall rating of B, resulting in it being ranked among the ten highest rated nursing homes in the city. Even with Austin offering 28 nursing homes to select from, this one ought to be a respectable option. You also may want to review this facility's category grades below. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 105 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Long-term Care Quality
A+
Historical
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home really excelled in long-term care, where it earned an A+. For patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 90.57143 percent of its residents, which is a few points below what we expected. The last datapoint we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.71 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
A
Historical
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
C
Historical
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. Our nursing score is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as minimizing major falls. This facility performed admirably in this statistic. Avoiding serious falls is typically a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Many falls can be prevented if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.
Short-term Care Quality
F
Historical
Switching gears to our next area, this nursing home did not fare very well. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this area, this was obviously this facility's weakest category. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we discovered that this nursing home offers less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. The last item we looked at in this category is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 44 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
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Provider:
B
State:
C
National:
B
Overall Rating
Nurse Rating
Long-Term Rating
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Gracy Woods Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Provider
A+
1.88%
State
B
7.46%
National
B
7.32%
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Provider
A+
0.57%
State
B
3.37%
National
B
3.36%
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Provider
B-
2.74%
State
B+
2.22%
National
B
2.65%
Percent of Patients with UTIs Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Provider
C
17.69%
State
B+
12.37%
National
B
14.18%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Provider
C
25.63%
State
B-
23.38%
National
B
19.68%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.
Provider
B+
0.61%
State
B+
2.92%
National
B+
5.07%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Provider
C
92.76%
State
B
92.34%
National
B
92.05%
Percent of Patients Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Provider
B-
15.57%
State
B-
17.2%
National
B
14.45%
Percentage of Patients Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Provider
B-
15.56%
State
B
18.24%
National
B
17.08%
Percentage of Residents Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Provider
D
2.71
State
B-
1.92
National
B
1.70
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Provider
B+
15.56
State
B
18.24
National
B
17.08
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.