Heritage Gardens Rehabilitation and Healthcare
2135 N Denton Dr, Carrollton TX 75006 · (972) 242-0666 · 45.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Heritage Gardens Rehabilitation and Healthcare is located in Carrollton, Texas, a city with a population of 119,595 people. This nursing home was given a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor grade. Unfortunately, this grade isn't too far off the city grade for Carrollton, which is a C. Nevertheless, you still may be able to find a better option If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 150 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it an A- for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid facilities that have too many severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second most favorable area ended up being its long-term care score, where it was awarded a B-. Long-term care grades are pivotal for individuals looking for personal care. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 96.06299 percent of its patients. The last datapoint we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 3.69 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this figure is somewhat concerning, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the medical complexity of patients.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Our nursing grade features several subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home averaged a meager 3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is not a very impressive figure. On top of receiving below average marks for total nursing hours, this place was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and found this nursing home was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we rated is short-term care, where this facility was given a very poor score in this area as well. Sadly, it received an abysmal F for this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. In crafting these short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. In this facility's case, we found that it offers far less registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Given its grade in this category, this did not surprise us. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 28.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Gardens Rehabilitation and Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better