Parks Health Center
111 Parks Village Dr, Odessa TX 79765 · (432) 563-5707 · 70.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Parks Health Center is a senior living facility located in Odessa, Texas, a city with 137,390 people. This isn't a very good facility with a D overall grade. Sadly, this grade is right in line with the city grade in Odessa. Based on our ratings, this nursing home may not be the best fit for most prospective residents. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that area, which is one of our best scores. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid facilities with a list of severe deficiencies flagged. This place was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The next highest category we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's personal care instead of the skilled nursing and medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.73 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home was not too far off the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
The third most favorable area we gave this nursing home in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. Our short-term care grades are probably most meaningful for those requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. It performed decently in this area, with 48.7 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we analyzed is nursing. This facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this area. Nursing ratings are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is below the national average. To pair with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this nursing home also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility. This could be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these scores hurt this facility's nursing rating significantly.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Parks Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
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 resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes 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 statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better