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Permian Residential Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1601 Ne Mustang,
Andrews TX 79714

(432) 523-2200

60.55% estimated occupancy ¹

Permian Residential Care Center is an average-sized government-owned facility located in Andrews, Texas. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top ten percent of all facilities in the nation. At the end of the day, this facility ought to be a no brainer for most people. If you scroll down, you can see this place's category grades, which appear to be equally impressive as its overall grade.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Government - County

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Compounding its top-shelf achievements in other areas, we awarded this facility a score of A for its long-term care score. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 95.21531 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

Turning the page to our next area, this nursing home received first-rate short-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that area. Our short-term care grade is often used to grade a facility's rehabilitation services To have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 7.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

In the last area, this facility also was given an impressive nursing grade, with a grade of A-. This completed a very impressive report card. Our nursing category consists of quite a few components, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these data points as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Permian Residential Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Permian Residential Care Center, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Permian Residential Care Center, 3.83% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic measures the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Permian Residential Care Center, 4.43% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Permian Residential Care Center, 10.53% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Permian Residential Care Center, 19.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Permian Residential Care Center, 0% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Permian Residential Care Center, 95.77% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Permian Residential Care Center, 13.89% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Permian Residential Care Center, 26.48% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Permian Residential Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Permian Residential Care Center, 26.48% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Permian Residential Care Center, 19.64% of Patients

Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess short-term care.

Nearby Hospitals

Permian Regional Medical Center Andrews County HoAcute Care Hospitals 0.15 miles away720 Hospital Drive Andrews Texas 79714Government - Hospital District or Authority(432) 523-2200