Hays Nursing & Rehab Center
1900 Medical Pkwy, San Marcos TX 78666 · (512) 396-1888 · 57.93% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Located in San Marcos, Texas, Hays Nursing & Rehab Center is one of just three facilities in the area. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some respectable scores. This place seems to have some things working in its favor. This facility is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 116 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
This facility's nursing grade was better than its overall grade. Due to a strong performance in this category, it received a quality score in that category with a B. Our nursing grade assesses a handful of factors, but the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is far more care than what is offered by most nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is usually a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by offering better nursing care and a policy of turning patients at least once a day.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home's second best category is inspections. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a positive short-term care grade. In fact, we gave them a B in that category, which is one of our better. In computing our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This category is often a useful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. It was respectable in this area with 46.9 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the last category, this nursing home was given a respectable long-term care grade of B-. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the very solid quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff at this nursing home, we also were happy with the facility's vaccination record. By way of example, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.63768 percent of its residents, which is above average. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had just 1.4 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hays Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better