Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels is one of four facilities located in New Braunfels, Texas. This is a lower end nursing home, with an overall grade of D. Unfortunately, this grade is right in line with the city grade in New Braunfels, which is also well below average. The best thing we can say about this nursing home is that it didn't receive any F's in in any of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
While we did not give this facility a favorable overall score, we gave it a very strong grade in the category of short-term care, where it received a B. This is better than most facilities in this area. To some extent, this bailed out an otherwise abysmal profile. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. It doesn't appear that this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
We actually gave this facility a very solid grade in the area of inspections as well. We gave it a B- in this category. This is better than many nursing homes in this category. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
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Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this nursing home only received a grade of D for its long-term care score, which is well below average in this category. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.20949 percent of its patients, which is an above average statistic. Surprisingly, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Nurse Quality
The last category we scored is nursing, which ended up being this facility's least impressive category. We gave this facility a grade of D in this category. In determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are caring for residents and the level of licensure of the nurses. This place averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that suffered from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients which have experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 4.81% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 94.64% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of New Braunfels, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for New Braunfels, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? New Braunfels, Texas has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Resolute Health HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.46 miles away555 Creekside Xing, New Braunfels Texas 78130Proprietary(469) 839-6778
- Central Texas Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.44 miles away1301 Wonder World Drive San Marcos Texas 78666Voluntary non-profit - Private(512) 753-3690
- Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.51 miles away1215 E Court St Seguin Texas 78155Voluntary non-profit - Other(830) 379-2411
Nearby Dialysis
- New Braunfels Dialysis3.87 miles away798 Generations Drive New Braunfels Texas 78130CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (830) 629-2848
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- Nna San Marcos11.39 miles away1340 Wonder World Drive Suite 4100 San Marcos Texas 78666CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (512) 878-2420
- Fresenius Medical Care of West Seguin11.71 miles away757 West Court Seguin Texas 78155CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (830) 379-1801
- Seguin Dialysis12.17 miles away618 E Court St Seguin Texas 78155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (830) 372-2521
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