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Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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711 Lucas St,
Athens TX 75751

(903) 675-8538

38.4% estimated occupancy 1

Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is located in Athens, Texas. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B, which is a good rating. You can definitely do much worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of being a quality facility overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Additionally, this nursing home also received favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we gave them one of our more favorable grades in that category, with a score of B+. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. After assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 95.89041 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facilities third best category was short-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is essentially a middle of the pack score in this category. In computing these short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. It doesn't look like this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The last area we looked at was nursing. We gave this nursing home a C in that area. In calculating our nursing grades, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This figure is far below the national average. Finally, nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.6% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of long-term residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.05% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents which have suffered a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.73% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 8.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 11.72% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 8.27% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 97.34% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 16.67% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 15.64% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 15.64% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 14.11% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Park Highlands Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 79.04% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.38 miles away2000 South Palestine St Athens Texas 75751Voluntary non-profit - Private(903) 676-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Medical Care Henderson County0.72 miles away1220 S Palestine Street Athens Texas 75751Dialysis Stations: 29 (903) 677-8471

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=675460