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Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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913 Hwy 90 W,
Castroville TX 78009

(830) 931-2900

78.01% estimated occupancy 1

Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Castroville, Texas. We gave this facility an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires respectable scores in most areas. Based on our analysis, this place looks like a good fit for most people. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our inspection ratings are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

An additional quality feature for this nursing home is that it was awarded a favorable long-term care score. Indeed, this wound up being its second best category score. In this area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.38188 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

We also gave this nursing home a respectable score in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this nursing home. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

Moving on to the fourth category, this nursing home was given a decent nursing grade of C. Our nursing grade is mostly associated with the facility's nurse staffing. 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 also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this subcategory. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving patients at least once a day.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3.85% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.27% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3.44% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents which sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 7.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 11.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 6.45% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 98.3% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 14.17% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 14.04% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 14.04% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 10.84% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Medina Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center, 85.02% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Medina Regional HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.31 miles away3100 Avenue E Hondo Texas 78861Government - Hospital District or Authority(830) 426-7700

Nearby Dialysis

  • Us Renal Care Tri County Dialysis10.45 miles away19910 Interstate 35 S Lytle Texas 78052CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (830) 772-5784
  • Fresenius Medical Care San Antonio, LLC13.27 miles away5620 Lone Star Parkway San Antonio Texas 78253Dialysis Stations: 17 (210) 688-0377
  • Usrc Westover Hills Dialysis, LLC13.72 miles away11212 State Hwy 151 Medical Plaza Ii Suite 100 San Antonio Texas 78251CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (210) 521-5923
  • Usrc Hill Country, LLC13.93 miles away12011 State Highway 151 Ste 101 San Antonio Texas 78251Dialysis Stations: 37 (210) 248-1110
  • Westover Dialysis14.2 miles away9846 Westover Hills Blvd #101 San Antonio Texas 78251CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (210) 681-9180
  • Sng-Columbia Square Dialysis Center, Lp14.55 miles away1711 Columbia Square San Antonio Texas 78227Dialysis Stations: 24 (210) 455-8836
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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=675974