Quality Care of Waco is in Waco, Texas. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a solid grade. Based on our assessment, there are definitely far worse facilities out there. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
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Quality Care of Waco
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in long-term care, with a grade of A- in this area. This really propped up its overall grade quite a bit. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.08917 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
This facility's second best category grade came in the area of government inspections. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing score. In fact, we gave this facility an D. Our nursing rating weighs a host of subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these metrics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is an abysmal score. This is obviously a major concern. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is generally a meaningful measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Considering its grade in this area, we weren't surprised to learn that this facility is well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the data we looked at. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Quality Care of Waco Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Quality Care of Waco, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Quality Care of Waco, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Quality Care of Waco, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which have sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Quality Care of Waco, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for treating a variety of conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Quality Care of Waco, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Quality Care of Waco, 4.84% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Quality Care of Waco, 93.69% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Quality Care of Waco, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Quality Care of Waco, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Quality Care of Waco, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Quality Care of Waco, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Providence Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.53 miles away6901 Medical Parkway Woodway Texas 76712Voluntary non-profit - Private(254) 751-4000
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestAcute Care Hospitals 4.65 miles away100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd Woodway Texas 76712Voluntary non-profit - Private(254) 202-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Brazos1.11 miles away2329 N 39th Waco Texas 76708CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (254) 752-5503
- Fresenius Medical Care Waco Lakeshore2.62 miles away2420 Lakeshore Drive Waco Texas 76708Dialysis Stations: 20 (254) 756-2179
- Fmc Dialysis Services Waco West3.62 miles away730 W. Highway 6 Woodway Texas 76712Dialysis Stations: 29 (254) 772-7719
- Fresenius Medical Care Bellmead4.28 miles away137 Eastgate Shopping Ctr Waco Texas 76705CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (254) 867-1974
- Fmc Greenway Kidney Center4.51 miles away5940 Crosslake Parkway Woodway Texas 76712CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (254) 666-8826