Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica is an average-sized nursing home located in San Antonio, Texas. With an overall rating of B, this looks like a very respectable nursing home. Based on our assessment, you can do much worse than this facility. The best part of this facility's impressive report card was its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
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Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this place also received first-rate government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best grades in this area, with a grade of A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite minor. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
Building on its impressive profile, this facility also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it an B+ for that category. Our nursing grade is based on many subcategories, however, the main one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the third category, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to judge a facility's rehabilitation services To provide highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities 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 final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is long-term care. This nursing home received a B- for this area. In computing these long-term care scores, we look at the facility's personal care services. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated a relatively low 70 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 8.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients who developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 2.73% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who have experienced falls leading to major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered from urinary tract infections. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 27.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 40.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 4% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 81.92% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 23.81% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 21.65% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 21.65% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 15.01% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Preton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Medica, 37.42% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for San Antonio, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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