Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
3810 Hale St, Harlingen TX 78550 · (956) 412-8660 · 89% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Harlingen, Texas. This nursing home is a subpar facility. A score in this range indicates we found a few red flags. This place seems to have very little going for it. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although this nursing home's overall score was not a highlight, it actually received a very good score in the category of inspections. We gave it a B+ for that category, which is one of our better scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ in our long-term care category. This happens to be one of our better grades. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 84.56973 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is a bit lower than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. This place also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.47 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we graded was short-term care. This facility's was given a poor short-term care grade where it received a lowly F. Our short-term care scores are vital for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. As you might expect, we discovered that this facility offers substantially less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 46.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics doomed this facility's short-term care score.
Nurse Quality
The next category we assessed was nursing. It received a lowly F in this category, which is a very poor score. We looked at the levels of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours those nurses were with residents, in calculating our rating in this area. This nursing home offered only 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is well below average. To pair with its below average totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this facility had really bad scores in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of patients experiencing falls which led to major injury. This nursing home was at more than 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better