Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Austin, Texas. This is a solid facility, with an overall grade of C. This grade is not too far off the city grade for Austin, which is a B-. The best part of this place's profile was is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
It should be noted that this nursing home's inspection score outpaced its overall grade. In fact, we gave it a B for its inspections rating, which is a very solid score. Inspection grades are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded its next highest category grade in the area of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is an acceptable grade. Our short-term care grades are likely more important for residents needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The last statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a solid grade of C. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinates 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
The next area we assessed was nursing. We gave it a grade of C in that area. This is not a bad grade in this area. Our nursing rating is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a low total compared to most facilities. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. Although this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory. This can be a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving residents at least once a day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who had urinary tract infections. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 4.81% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 94.64% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Austin Wellness and Rehabilitation, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Austin, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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