Mcallen Nursing Center
600 N Cynthia St, Mcallen TX 78501 · (956) 631-2265 · 102.24% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Mcallen Nursing Center is an average-sized facility located in Mcallen, Texas. This isn't a high quality facility with a D overall grade. Sadly, this grade is right in line with the city grade in Mcallen. If you are not happy with this facility's subpar overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are seven other nursing homes in Mcallen. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection rating. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category grades
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 89 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall score was not a highlight, it actually excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that area, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection grades are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. You should especially avoid nursing homes with severe deficiencies associated with risks to resident well being. 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. Even with this deficiency, this was still a relatively positive report.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second most favorable category was long-term care. We gave it a C in this area. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this category. Our long-term care ratings are more important for those requiring more conventional services associated with personal care. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 99.386505 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 1.19 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a much lower hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Our nursing rating looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home was above average in two of the major areas we focus on, with solid scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we rated is short-term care. We gave it a lowly F for this area, which is a poor score. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Based on its score in this category, we were not stunned to find that this facility is well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected to find. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 29.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mcallen Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better