Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation is an average-sized government-owned facility in Seguin, Texas. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A score of this caliber generally suggests a few concerning datapoints. If you are not satisfied with this facility's rather poor overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are four other nursing homes in Seguin. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category grades
Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we were fairly low on this nursing home overall, we awarded it an A for our inspections rating. This score is significantly more impressive than the nursing home's overall grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The next best area we gave this facility in any category came in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. In our long-term care score, we assess the quantity of care provided by a nursing home, along with a handful of qualitative statistics. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 99.56332 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
In our next category, we gave this facility a rock-bottom F in the category of short-term care. Short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. With a grade of this caliber for this area, we weren't stunned to find that this facility was below average in two of the key staffing figures we looked at. The facility supplied significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we scored is nursing. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is an abysmal score. We looked at the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses were with patients, in computing our rating in this category. With only 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day, this place's nurse staffing levels were well below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these metrics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who experienced a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 4.81% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some would argue that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 94.64% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Walnut Springs Health & Rehabilitation, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Seguin, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of F
- Nurse Rating has a grade of F
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of F
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Seguin, Texas has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.24 miles away1215 E Court St Seguin Texas 78155Voluntary non-profit - Other(830) 379-2411
- Resolute Health HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.62 miles away555 Creekside Xing, New Braunfels Texas 78130Proprietary(469) 839-6778
- Central Texas Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.17 miles away1301 Wonder World Drive San Marcos Texas 78666Voluntary non-profit - Private(512) 753-3690
- Ascension Seton Edgar B DavisCritical Access Hospitals 18.9 miles away130 Hays Street Luling Texas 78648Voluntary non-profit - Private(830) 875-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Seguin Dialysis1.34 miles away618 E Court St Seguin Texas 78155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (830) 372-2521
- Fresenius Medical Care of West Seguin1.92 miles away757 West Court Seguin Texas 78155CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (830) 379-1801
- New Braunfels Kidney Disease Clinic12.82 miles away1561 Ih 35 North New Braunfels Texas 78130Dialysis Stations: 18 (830) 606-0333
- New Braunfels Dialysis13.18 miles away798 Generations Drive New Braunfels Texas 78130CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (830) 629-2848
- Nna San Marcos18.01 miles away1340 Wonder World Drive Suite 4100 San Marcos Texas 78666CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (512) 878-2420
- Rsa Schertz19.67 miles away5000 Baptist Health Dr Suite 124 Schertz Texas 78154Dialysis Stations: 16 (210) 659-6070