Heartland of San Antonio

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Heartland of San Antonio's website

One Heartland Dr,
San Antonio TX 78247

(210) 653-1219

70.24% estimated occupancy ¹

Heartland of San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas. This city is one of the most densely populated cities in the nation with has a population of 1,585,405 people. With an overall score of B-, this appears to be a respectable facility. If you take a look at the other options in San Antonio, we hope you will find this place to be a better option than most of the facilities in the city. This city simply does not have a great selection of nursing homes. The best part of this place's profile was its remarkable inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Hemodialysis
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Bariatric Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

We want to point out that this nursing home outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in this area with a grade of A. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. Sadly, this place received a category L deficiency, which was unexpected based on its inspection grade. This is the worst possible category of deficiencies. This category indicates the government inspectors discovered a widespread deficiency placing resident health or safety in imminent danger. Even a single serious deficiency of this nature should be taken seriously. In spite of this major red flag, other aspects of this facility's inspection report gave us some hope.

Long-term Care Quality

Another one of this facility's more favorable category scores was in the category of long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 93.59431 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. The nursing grade includes a variety of factors. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it scored well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

The last area we analyzed was short-term care, ended up being this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in that category. This really was one of the few dings on a very solid profile. In our short-term care score, we try to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. It looks like this place was subpar in several staffing areas we assessed. It offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 5.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Heartland of San Antonio Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Heartland of San Antonio, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Heartland of San Antonio, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents which suffered falls leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Heartland of San Antonio, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Heartland of San Antonio, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Heartland of San Antonio, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Heartland of San Antonio, 4.81% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression. Higher levels of depression may indicate lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Heartland of San Antonio, 94.64% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Heartland of San Antonio, 17.1% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who required more 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 resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Heartland of San Antonio, 16.36% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Heartland of San Antonio, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Heartland of San Antonio, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Heartland of San Antonio, 11.4 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Heartland of San Antonio, 66.86% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.