Retama Manor Nursing Center/Weslaco
721 Airport Dr, Weslaco TX 78596 · (956) 968-8502 · 94.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Weslaco, Texas, Retama Manor Nursing Center/Weslaco is one of just three nursing homes in the area. Sporting an overall score of B-, this nursing home surprisingly proved to be the best facility in the city. Based on our analysis, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. You should also take a look at this facility's category grades below. We discuss long-term care in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home earned a much better grade for long-term care than it did overall. we gave it one of our highest scores in that category with an impressive grade of A. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 97.1831 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a great way to avoid negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. The last statistic we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 1.92 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is middle of the pack in this area.
Facility Inspections
Inspections is another category where this nursing home excelled. In fact, we gave this facility an A- for our inspections rating. This is far more impressive than its overall score. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's third highest area is short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. In our short-term care grade, we endeavor to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This place fared better than most facilities in the nation with 52.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our last area, we gave this nursing home a grade of D for nursing. This is the nursing home's least impressive category score. Unfortunately, this category pulled down the facility's overall profile to some degree. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of training of the nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. On top of its subpar nursing hours, this nursing home earned poor marks in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We found that a higher percentage of this place's residents sustained falls leading to major injury.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Retama Manor Nursing Center/Weslaco Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better