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Mesa Springs Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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7171 Buffalo Gap Rd,
Abilene TX 79606

(325) 692-8080

62.35% estimated occupancy 1

Mesa Springs Healthcare Center is a nursing home in Abilene, Texas. This city has 124,196 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade of this caliber requires strong scores in most areas. If you take a look at the other options in Abilene, we suspect you will find this facility to be a better option than most facilities in the city. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong report card was its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Lymphedema Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really excelled in our inspections category, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in that category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility fared well in the area of long-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of A- for that area, which is one of our most favorable scores. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Turning to our third category, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our short-term care ratings are likely most meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The final category we graded is nursing, in which this facility was given a C. This actually proved to be this facility's worst category. This is still not a terrible score. Our nursing grade analyzes a handful of components, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure as it is well below average. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Mesa Springs Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 7.95% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 2.06% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients who have sustained falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 0.52% of Patients had UTIs

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 6.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for several medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 17.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents which are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 8.2% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 100% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 19.88% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 7.96% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 7.96% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 13.89% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Mesa Springs Healthcare Center, 67.78% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Abilene, TX

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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