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La Paloma Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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138 S Fm 1329,
San Diego TX 78384

(361) 279-8291

61.33% estimated occupancy 1

La Paloma Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home located in San Diego, Texas. Featuring an overall score of B, this is a very respectable facility. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. The best aspect of this facility's impressive report card is its inspection reports. Inspection reports 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 - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To pair with its favorable overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for the area of inspections. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category tend to have very few severe deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

Contributing to this facility's list of strengths, it also received a first-rate long-term care score. We gave them an elite strong of A+ in this area. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. Nursing grades are primarily tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a somewhat alarming figure which is well below the national average. Lastly, while this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Turning to the next area, this nursing home really didn't perform very well. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that area, this was notably this nursing home's poorest area. In determining our short-term care scores, we size up the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is typically a useful measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. It appears that this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.4 percent of its residents returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

La Paloma Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 3.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 3.9% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered a fall resulting in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 2.05% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 3.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 28.73% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 3.23% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 100% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 19.88% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 12.92% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that mobility is vital to residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 12.92% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 27.75% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In La Paloma Nursing Center, 53.37% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Christus Spohn Hospital AliceAcute Care Hospitals 12.44 miles away2500 E Main Street Alice Texas 78332Voluntary non-profit - Private(361) 661-8016

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bay Area Dialysis Services at Alice12.37 miles away901 Medical Center Blvd Alice Texas 78332CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (361) 668-8055
  • Alice Renal Center12.48 miles away2345 Alice Regional Blvd Alice Texas 78332CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (361) 664-1723