Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is located in Luling, Texas, a city with a total of 7,683 people. This nursing home received a superb overall rating of A-, making it the highest graded nursing home in Luling. In our view, this nursing home would be a no brainer for just about anybody. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its long-term care grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Long-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care rating. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 93.51852 percent of its patients, which is slightly less than we were hoping for. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. We looked at the levels of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in calculating our score in this area. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we scored is short-term care. In this area, we gave this nursing home an acceptable grade of B-. This actually is this facility's weakest category. With our short-term care score, we endeavor to craft a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 1.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who experienced a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 5.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 17.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 2.04% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 95.93% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 16.47% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 12% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Diversicare of Luling - Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 12% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Nearby Hospitals
- Ascension Seton Edgar B DavisCritical Access Hospitals 1.33 miles away130 Hays Street Luling Texas 78648Voluntary non-profit - Private(830) 875-7000
- Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.31 miles away1110 North Sarah Dewitt Drive Gonzales Texas 78629Government - Hospital District or Authority(830) 672-7581
Nearby Dialysis
- Meramec Dialysis, LLC13.06 miles away1806 South Colorado Street Lockhart Texas 78644Dialysis Stations: 13 (512) 398-6419
- Biio-Medical Applications of Texas, Inc.13.15 miles away1721 S Colorado St Lockhart Texas 78644Dialysis Stations: 15 (512) 398-6357
- Davita-Gonzales16.47 miles away1406 North Sarah Dewitt Gonzales Texas 78629Dialysis Stations: 16 (830) 672-4377