Lakeside Health and Wellness is a large nursing home located in Kemp, Texas. This facility received an overall grade of B, which is a quality rating. Based on our assessment, you could do much worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card was its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Lakeside Health and Wellness
- Nursing Home
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 - Limited Liability company
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall rating, this facility fared even better in the area of inspections which is based on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A for that area, which is one of our best scores. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We were not able to locate information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Without having access to complete deficiency data for this nursing home, it ended up being a challenge to really grade it in the area of inspections.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given high marks in the category of short-term care as well. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in that category with a area of A-. Short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. When calculating a facility's nursing score, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are caring for patients as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed is long-term care. We gave this facility a grade of D in our long-term care category, making this the nursing home's worst grade. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 77.862595 percent of its patients. This is many points less than average. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lakeside Health and Wellness Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 3.95% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 8.4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who have had a fall leading to serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 17.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 28.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 0% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 78.45% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 11.32% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 8.11% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 8.11% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 13.26% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lakeside Health and Wellness, 90.69% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.