Regent Care Center Oakwell Farms
8501 Laurens Ln, San Antonio TX 78218 · (210) 804-1223 · 63.6% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Regent Care Center Oakwell Farms is in San Antonio, Texas. This city is among the most populated cities in the country with has 1,585,405 people. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel overall grade based on the data we looked at. Fortunately, if you aren't impressed with this facility, there are countless other options available in this city. Finally, there was an ownership change at this facility in the last year. Ideally, their performance will improve under new ownership.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 194 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it actually earned a relatively impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our more favorable grades in that category with a B. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
We were also stunned to find that this nursing home earned a somewhat respectable short-term care score this year. We awarded it a grade of C in that area. Our short-term care grade is typically used to measure a facility's rehabilitation services. To have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that it performed well in this area with 60.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second least favorable score is long-term care, where it received a grade of just D in that area. This is a well below average grade. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 98.96373 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable statistic. Surprisingly, this nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.67 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Nurse Quality
The next area we scored is nursing. This nursing home received a very poor grade of F in that area. There are several subcategories within this category. Most of the subcategories relate to staffing levels. This facility offered just 3.1 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is not a very impressive figure. In addition to its below average nursing hour totals, this place earned suboptimal marks in several of the quality-based measures we considered in determining our nursing scores. We found that a higher percentage of this nursing home's residents experienced falls which led to major injury.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Regent Care Center Oakwell Farms Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who had UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates 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 tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better