Retama Manor Nursing Center
2322 Morgan Ave, Corpus Christi TX 78405 · (361) 882-4242 · 67.49% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Retama Manor Nursing Center is a large nursing home located in Corpus Christi, Texas. We gave this facility an F, which is just about as bad as it gets in our grading scheme. As far as we can see, you would be better off to avoid of this facility. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was short-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 176 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
Neither this facility's overall grade nor its category grades gave us anything positive to point out. Its best category was short-term care, but even there it received just a D. This is still a weak score. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Considering its grade in this category, we weren't stunned to find that this facility is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected here. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 43.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an D. Nursing grades are mostly associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. To pair with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this place also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these statistics pulled down this facility's nursing rating significantly.
Long-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed is long-term care. This nursing home's received a poor long-term care score where it received an F. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated 69.76744 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be several points less than average. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 2.49 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is also concerning.
Facility Inspections
The last category we looked at is inspections. This facility did not receive positive inspection reports in recent years. As a result, we gave it an F in this category. For facilities with bad inspection scores, you should scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular nursing home had one category J or K deficiency, which rank among the worst deficiencies. This generally means that the government inspectors identified a deficiency which puts patient health or safety in immediate danger. Finally, this facility also received 35 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Retama Manor Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which developed 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 percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better