Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is in De Kalb, Texas, a city with 5,568 people. We gave this nursing home an F, which is really a bottom of the barrel score in our grading scheme. This place is just about as bad as it gets. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is long-term care, which is discussed in the next section.
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Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: F
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-minus
This facility actually didn't perform quite as poorly in the area of long-term care. We gave it a B- for that category. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 98.19277 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
Grade: C
We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Nursing grades are primarily associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, although this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this metric.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: D
This nursing home's second least favorable category is short-term care, where it received just a D in that area. This is a relatively poor grade. In the category of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Considering its weak grade in this category, we weren't surprised to discover that this nursing home offers significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics was damning for this nursing home's short-term care grade.
Facility Inspections
Grade: F
Moving on our final area of inspections, this facility received an F here. For facilities that received this bad of an inspection score, we would scrutinize any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received large government fines totaling more than $100,000. This often suggests that a bad performance spanned several years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A-plus
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.38% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: D
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.37% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: C
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 19.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-minus
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: C
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.92% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A-minus
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 99.1% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: F
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 26.52% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.39% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: F
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.39% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-plus
In Ponderosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.5% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
