Jeffrey Place Healthcare Center
820 Jeffrey Dr, Waco TX 76710 · (254) 772-9480 · 81.15% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Jeffrey Place Healthcare Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Waco, Texas. This nursing home received an overall grade of C, which is a solid grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Waco, which is admittedly a bit below average nationally. Lastly, this facility had an ownership change in the last year, so we will need to take a closer look to see how new ownership affects this facility's performance measures.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 95 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of A. This is a notably better grade than the place's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we awarded this nursing home a B+ in our long-term care category. This is one of our more favorable grades. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we assessed the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a life or death health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. This facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.42 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we graded was short-term care. This nursing home's was given an abysmal short-term care score where it was given an F. Short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. With its abysmal rating in this category, we were not stunned to find that this nursing home provides far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. The final metric we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 42.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics was damning for this facility's short-term care score.
Nurse Quality
The next category we graded was nursing. We gave it an F in this category, which is an abysmal score. This is obviously a major concern. There are a variety of factors within this area. Many of the criteria are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged only 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This place was above average in two of the major data points we considered, with good marks for avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. These statistics are often good measures of the quality of nursing care offered.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Jeffrey Place Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents who sustained falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates 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 datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better