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Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home

  • Nursing Home
  • For people with disabilities
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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1809 N Hwy 87,
Big Spring TX 79720

(432) 268-8387

71.93% estimated occupancy 1

Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home is in Big Spring, Texas, a city with 33,640 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires quality scores in most areas. This facility truly has plenty working in its favor. This place was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home received a quality overall score as described above, but we especially wanted to emphasize its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home also received a strong long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B in this category. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 86.83544 percent of its residents. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home received its third highest category score in the category of short-term care. We gave this facility a B- in this category, which is an acceptable score. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most important for patients requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

Moving on to our last category, this facility was given a grade of C in nursing, which is a decent score. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we consider the quantity of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, we like to look at quality-based metrics, such as the percentage of residents who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These statistics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 14.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 4.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents that had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This figure measures the percentage of long-term care patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 18.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 33.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 2.56% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 90.41% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 11.96% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 11.21% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home, 11.21% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Scenic Mountain Medical Center, a Steward Family HAcute Care Hospitals 4.75 miles away1601 W 11th Place Big Spring Texas 79720Proprietary(432) 263-1211

Nearby Dialysis

  • West Texas Dialysis Center3.43 miles away501 Birdwell Lane Suite 10 Big Spring Texas 79720Dialysis Stations: 20 (432) 267-2903

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=675874