Kenedy Health & Rehabilitation
7882 S Hwy 181 (No Mail Service), Kenedy TX 78119 · (830) 583-9101 · 80.49% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Kenedy, Texas, Kenedy Health & Rehabilitation is one of just two available facilities in this area. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some respectable scores. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is a solid choice for most people. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its exemplary inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best category was long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a B-. Our long-term care ratings are more important for people needing more traditional services associated with personal care. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this facility had 2.33 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure was less favorable than its other scores in the long-term care area.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing score. We gave this facility an impressive grade of D. Nursing scores are primarily based on the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided only 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. In addition to its subpar nursing hour totals, this place earned poor scores in many of the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We found that more of this nursing home's residents sustained falls leading to serious injury.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is short-term care, which is this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this nursing home a D in this area. Short-term care grades are often used to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Based on its poor grade in this category, we weren't shocked to discover that this facility provided far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kenedy Health & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients that have sustained a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better