Lakeridge Ltc Partners
4403 74th St, Lubbock TX 79424 · (806) 795-0668 · 76% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Lakeridge Ltc Partners is an average-sized government-owned facility in Lubbock, Texas. It looks like this facility is a subpar facility. A grade in this range indicates we found some red flags. Unfortunately, this grade was right in line with the city grade in Lubbock, which is also very poor. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss long-term care in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
CCRC :
Government - Hospital district
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
Although we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to note its relatively favorable long-term care score this year. We gave it a grade of B+ in this area, which was much better than its overall score. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is better than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.94 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility is close to average in this area.
Facility Inspections
Another strength for this facility is its impeccable inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an B+. Arguably the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid places that have a long list of deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed was short-term care. This facility's received a low-end short-term care grade where it was given an F. Short-term care scores are vital for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Considering its score in this category, we weren't stunned to discover that this facility is well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the data we looked at. Frankly, this was about what we expected here. Lastly, we considered the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 25.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we graded was nursing. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this area. When computing a facility's nursing score, we look at the number of hours nurses commit to patients and the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home averaged only 3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. This nursing home also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based measures to go along with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of patients suffering pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This place was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this area. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. This metric helped pull down this facility's nursing grade significantly.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lakeridge Ltc Partners Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed 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 is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better