Hilltop Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
1400 Hilltop Rd, Kerrville TX 78028 · (830) 895-3200 · 77.86% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Hilltop Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is in Kerrville, Texas. The city has a population of 37,620 people. With an overall grade of B+, this turned out to be ranked among the three highest graded nursing homes in the city. Based on our ratings, you can do much worse than this place. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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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
On top of receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also earned top notch inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher grades in that category, with an A. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so favorably is that it received a very impressive long-term care score. In fact, long-term care is its second best category score. In that category, we gave this facility a score of A. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.84792 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a reliable method to minimize negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. With 1.86 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this place is close to average in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this nursing home also was given favorable short-term care scores this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our stronger scores in that category, with a grade of B+. Short-term care ratings are vital for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more than 50% more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. It fared better than most nursing homes in this area with 55.7 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we analyzed turned out to be this facility's poorest category. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still awarded it a decent grade of C for nursing. In computing a facility's nursing score, we look at the number of hours nurses spend with patients and the skill levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This nursing home was relatively weak in some of the major areas we focus on, with subpar scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are often reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hilltop Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percentage of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents which have experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this statistic may also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better