Las Colinas Post Acute

It should also be noted that this nursing home's inspection rating outpaced its overall score. We awarded it a grade of B for its inspections rating, which is one of our better scores. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

We also gave this facility a strong grade in long-term care. This facility received a B in this category, which happens to be one of our better scores. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's 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. It appears we were missing some information from this nursing home's long-term care reporting, but we were satisfied with the information we found.

This nursing home's third best area is short-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is essentially a middle of the road grade in this area. In crafting our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical facility. The last metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

The next area we graded is nursing, which turned out to be a weak spot for this facility. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D for the area of nursing. Our nursing score assesses quite a few subcategories, but the main consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, to round out our nursing grade, we turn to some quality-focused statistics in rounding out our nursing ratings. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as good measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.