Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.

Granite Mesa Health Center

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating

See Rating Overview

Granite Mesa Health Center's website

1401 Max Copeland Dr,
Marble Falls TX 78654

(830) 693-0022

88.87% estimated occupancy ¹

Granite Mesa Health Center is a nursing home located in Marble Falls, Texas, a city with a total of 17,553 people. This is a fine facility. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a quality score. In our view, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

Get pricing and details on Marble Falls senior living options.

Get Pricing

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Lymphedema Care

Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)

Less:

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Facility Inspections

This nursing home received a quality overall score as described above, but we especially would like to emphasize its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A+ in this category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. It doesn't look like we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received a first-rate long-term care grade. We awarded them an impressive strong of A- in this category. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Does this page answer your questions about Granite Mesa Health Center?

Short-term Care Quality

We also awarded this facility a middle of the pack grade in the category of short-term care, where it received a B-. In computing our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is generally a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.

Nurse Quality

The next category we analyzed was nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a C. Our nursing score includes numerous factors. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat alarming figure as it is well below the national average. Lastly, while this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this subcategory.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Granite Mesa Health Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs

This metric tells you the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from urinary tract infections. While more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients which are given antianxiety medication. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 4.84% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be a sign lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 93.69% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 17.58% Percentage of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 13.47% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 11.91 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Granite Mesa Health Center, 66.29% Percentage of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.