Regent Care Center of San Marcos is a nursing home in San Marcos, Texas, a city with a total of 63,836 people. Sporting an overall rating of C, this looks like a respectable nursing home. In our view, this place ought to be a good fit for most people. One of the highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection score, which we will address in the next section.
Regent Care Center of San Marcos
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This facility's best category grade came in the category of inspections. In this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+. It actually outperformed most facilities in this area. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a strong score in our short-term care category. We awarded this facility an above average grade of B in this area. Short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a strong score in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.42932 percent of its residents, which is higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
This facility's worst area is nursing, which is the last category we scored. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this area. In spite of a few solid scores in other areas, this grade is still disappointing so we would like to to make a note of it. The nursing rating assesses quite a few factors, most of which are based on nursing hours. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This facility performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Regent Care Center of San Marcos Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat several conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 4.81% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 94.64% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is critical to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Regent Care Center of San Marcos, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Central Texas Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.32 miles away1301 Wonder World Drive San Marcos Texas 78666Voluntary non-profit - Private(512) 753-3690
- Resolute Health HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.5 miles away555 Creekside Xing, New Braunfels Texas 78130Proprietary(469) 839-6778
- Seton Medical Center HaysAcute Care Hospitals 12.35 miles away6001 Kyle Pkwy Kyle Texas 78640Voluntary non-profit - Private(512) 324-5000
- Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.12 miles away1215 E Court St Seguin Texas 78155Voluntary non-profit - Other(830) 379-2411
Nearby Dialysis
- Nna San Marcos0.29 miles away1340 Wonder World Drive Suite 4100 San Marcos Texas 78666CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (512) 878-2420
- Satellite Healthcare Kyle10.62 miles away134 Elmhurst Drive Kyle Texas 78640Dialysis Stations: 22 (512) 268-3100
- Hill Country Dialysis12.32 miles away1250 Dacy Lane Kyle Texas 78640Dialysis Stations: 14 (512) 268-2523
- Bio-Medical Applications of Texas, Inc.12.51 miles away5895 Kyle Parkway Kyle Texas 78640Dialysis Stations: 17 (512) 268-2428
- New Braunfels Dialysis14.52 miles away798 Generations Drive New Braunfels Texas 78130CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (830) 629-2848
- New Braunfels Kidney Disease Clinic15.29 miles away1561 Ih 35 North New Braunfels Texas 78130Dialysis Stations: 18 (830) 606-0333
- Biio-Medical Applications of Texas, Inc.17.02 miles away1721 S Colorado St Lockhart Texas 78644Dialysis Stations: 15 (512) 398-6357
- Meramec Dialysis, LLC17.09 miles away1806 South Colorado Street Lockhart Texas 78644Dialysis Stations: 13 (512) 398-6419