Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation's website

231 Kingwood St,
Hereford TX 79045

(806) 364-7113

39.83% estimated occupancy ¹

Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation is the sole option we identified in Hereford, Texas. This facility appears to be among the better facilities we looked at. A score of this caliber requires high-end marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the nation. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next section

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Contributing to its superb profile, this facility also performed well in our long-term care area. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in that area. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Nurse Quality

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Nursing grades are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home's least impressive category is short-term care, which is the final area we analyzed. In this area, we gave this nursing home a D. We would like to to draw your attention to this possible weak spot, however, you should not dwell on one bad category either. Our short-term care grades are critical for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final measure 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 2.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics was damning for this nursing home's short-term care grade.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 7.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.28% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that sustained falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 1.64% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 11.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 22.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

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

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 4.66% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 94.73% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 17.29% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 18.08% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 1.58 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 18.08 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 11.87 Percentage of Patients

This tells you 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 Hereford Nursing & Rehabilitation, 66.73% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

Hereford Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.94 miles away801 East Third Hereford Texas 79045Government - Hospital District or Authority(806) 364-2141
Plains Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.74 miles away310 West Halsell Street Dimmitt Texas 79027Government - Hospital District or Authority(806) 647-2191