Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center is a large nursing home located in Longview, Texas. This nursing home turns out to be a middle of the road facility, with an overall grade of C. Based on our ratings, this place likely wouldn't be a bad choice. This place didn't meet our expectations in every category we looked at, but it didn't receive any rock-bottom grades either. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this is a decent facility is it earned a favorable inspection score. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Inspection grades are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's long-term care score turns out to be one of its respectable grades. The facility was awarded a grade of B- in this area. Our long-term care grades are more important for those requiring more traditional assistance associated with activities of daily living. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 82.69231 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. When determining our nursing grades, we weigh both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This place provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure as it is well below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed was short-term care, ended up being this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this facility a D in this area. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be most meaningful for patients in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents that have suffered from a UTI. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 4.81% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 94.64% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This is 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 Heritage at Longview Healthcare Center, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for Longview, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- 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 B-plus
Looking for more options? Longview, Texas has 8 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Longview Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.94 miles away2901 N Fourth St Longview Texas 75605Proprietary(903) 758-1818
- Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.11 miles away700 E Marshall Ave Longview Texas 75601Voluntary non-profit - Private(903) 927-6712
Nearby Dialysis
- Fourth Street Dialysis0.92 miles away3101 North 4th St Suite B Longview Texas 75605Dialysis Stations: 13 (903) 234-0112
- Renal Treatment Center - Southeast Lp2.19 miles away3110 H G Mosley Pkwy Longview Texas 75605CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (430) 240-8224
- Trc Kilgore Dialysis Center11.72 miles away209 Hwy 42 North Kilgore Texas 75662CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (903) 988-8200
- Renal Care Group - Gilmer17.44 miles away812 Us Highway 271 N Gilmer Texas 75644Dialysis Stations: 15 (903) 841-7000
- Gilmer Dialysis18.05 miles away510 Us Hwy 271 N Gilmer Texas 75644Dialysis Stations: 12 (903) 843-9886