Hemphill Care Center

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Hemphill Care Center's website

Hwy 83 West,
Hemphill TX 75948

(409) 787-3342

36.22% estimated occupancy ¹

Hemphill Care Center is in Hemphill, Texas. It looks like this is a good facility. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a quality grade. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. This facility was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

One of the reasons this turned out to be a quality facility is that it received an impressive inspection grade. Inspections is its best category. In this category, we gave this facility an A. Our inspection ratings are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

An additional quality feature for this facility is that it was given a very positive long-term care grade. Indeed, this ended up being its second best category score. In this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.583336 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

The third most favorable category we awarded this facility in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Turning to the next area, this nursing home was awarded a respectable nursing score of B-. Our nursing score includes several factors. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This facility averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. It scored well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Hemphill Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Hemphill Care Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Hemphill Care Center, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Hemphill Care Center, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Hemphill Care Center, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Hemphill Care Center, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Hemphill Care Center, 4.81% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Hemphill Care Center, 94.64% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Hemphill Care Center, 17.1% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Hemphill Care Center, 16.36% Percentage of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

In Hemphill Care Center, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Hemphill Care Center, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Hemphill Care Center, 11.4 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Hemphill Care Center, 66.86% Percentage of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.