Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie is one of only three nursing homes in Waxahachie, Texas. This is a good facility with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Waxahachie. Based on our analysis, this place ought to meet the needs of many people. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Lymphedema Care
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home earned an elite long-term care score. In fact, we gave it an A- in this area, which boosted its overall score. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a life or death illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility does not take any chances. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we awarded this facility a B+ in our short-term care category. This is one of our more impressive scores. In determining our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is generally a meaningful measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Facility Inspections
We also found that this nursing home has earned favorable government inspections in recent years. In fact, we awarded it a B- in this category. This is better than many facilities in this category. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
The final category we analyzed was nursing. We awarded this nursing home a grade of C in this area. In computing our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. Although this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did very well in this subcategory. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving a patient more often.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 3.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 2.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which sustained falls leading to severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients who had a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 2.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 27.37% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 24.6% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. High levels of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 100% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 25.67% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 9.97% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 9.97% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally 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 Waxahachie, 14.92% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Waxahachie, 82.64% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- WaxahachieAcute Care Hospitals 1.39 miles away2400 N Interstate Highway 35e Waxahachie Texas 75165Voluntary non-profit - Private(972) 923-7000
- Crescent Medical Center LancasterAcute Care Hospitals 11.92 miles away2600 West Pleasant Run Road Lancaster Texas 75146Physician(972) 230-8888
- Ennis Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.17 miles away2201 West Lampasas Street Ennis Texas 75119Proprietary(972) 875-0900
- Methodist Charlton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.99 miles away3500 W Wheatland Road Dallas Texas 75237Voluntary non-profit - Private(214) 947-7777
- Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.87 miles away2700 E Broad Street Mansfield Texas 76063Voluntary non-profit - Private(682) 622-2059
Nearby Dialysis
- Liberty Dialysis - Waxahachie1.24 miles away1011 North Highway 77 Suite 102 Waxahachie Texas 75165CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (972) 351-8575
- Fmc Dialysis Services Waxahachie4.17 miles away1300 S. Rogers Street Waxahachie Texas 75165Dialysis Stations: 20 (972) 938-2212
- Fmc of Pleasant Run Dialysis10.86 miles away900 N. Polk Street #146 Desoto Texas 75115CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (972) 228-8780
- Desoto Regional Dialysis Center LLC10.91 miles away2651 Bolton Boone Drive Building B Desoto Texas 75115CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (972) 780-5991
- Liberty Dialysis - Lancaster11.79 miles away3250 W Pleasant Run Road Suite 280 Lancaster Texas 75146CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (972) 230-7778
- Regional Dialysis Center of Lancaster LLC11.88 miles away2500 W Pleasant Run Rd Suite 100 Lancaster Texas 75146Dialysis Stations: 24 (972) 274-0192
- Lancaster Dialysis11.91 miles away2424 West Pleasant Run Lancaster Texas 75146Dialysis Stations: 25 (972) 223-9292
- Lynwick Dialysis, LLC12.43 miles away439 E Fm 1382 Cedar Hill Texas 75104Dialysis Stations: 21 (972) 291-5817