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Hillside Medical Lodge

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Hillside Medical Lodge's website

300 S. Highway 36 Bypass,
Gatesville TX 76528

(254) 865-7575

92.42% estimated occupancy ¹

Hillside Medical Lodge is a large facility in Gatesville, Texas. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. At the end of the day, you'd be better off to avoid of this facility. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Although we gave this nursing home a horrible overall score, we gave it an A- for our inspections score. This score is far more impressive than the nursing home's overall grade. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. We wish we had more data for this nursing home. Without having access to complete deficiency related data, it ended up being difficult to evaluate it in the area of inspections.

Long-term Care Quality

We were also stunned to find that this facility earned a decent long-term care rating this year. We awarded it a C in that area. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

The third area we assessed is short-term care. This facility's was given an abysmal short-term care score where it received an F. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, 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 number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 4.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

The last category we graded was nursing. We gave it a lowly F in this category, which is an abysmal grade. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This place also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based measures to go along with its low nursing hour totals. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than double the national average in this datapoint.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Hillside Medical Lodge Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 15.11% 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 the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 2.02% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall which resulted in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 4.93% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 11.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 80.1% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 100% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 18.57% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 8.34% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 0.02 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 residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 8.34% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 20.93% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Hillside Medical Lodge, 79.2% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

Coryell Memorial Healthcare SystemCritical Access Hospitals 3.75 miles away1507 W Main Street Gatesville Texas 76528Government - Hospital District or Authority(254) 865-8251