Pleasant Springs Healthcare Center
2003 N Edwards St, Mount Pleasant TX 75455 · (903) 572-5511 · 87.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Pleasant Springs Healthcare Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Mount Pleasant, Texas. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Mount Pleasant. The city has just two other nursing homes. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, you can continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although this facility's overall score was terrible, it actually fared pretty well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B for that area, which is one of our better scores. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also stunned to find that this facility earned a reasonably solid long-term care grade this year. We gave it a C in this category. Long-term care grades are commonly used to score a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services provided by a rehabilitation facility. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. The last datapoint we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 2.9 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home just a D for our short-term care grade. This is not an impressive grade. Our short-term care scores are critical for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this nursing home was subpar in many staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. The last statistic we considered in this category is the number of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 40.2 percent of its patients returning home. This was quite a bit below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our fourth area, this facility really did not perform well in this category either. Due to a poor grade of F in nursing, this is just about as terrible as it gets. The nursing score analyzes a handful of factors, most of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is slightly below average. On top of receiving below average scores for nursing hours, this place was less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found that this facility was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this metric.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pleasant Springs Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit 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 statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients which suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better