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Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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2530 Central Palm Dr,
Rio Grande City TX 78582

75.72% estimated occupancy 1

Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in Rio Grande City, Texas, a city with a population of 40,455 people. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack score. We also want to point out that this facility is located in a hospital. Typically, this indicates that more intensive medical services are offered. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.

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Phone Placement:
(866) 905-1243

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Optometry

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection score. In fact, its inspection score was far superior to its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A+. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home also fared well in the area of long-term care. For this reason, we gave it a score of A in that category, which happens to be one of our highest grades. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Next we wanted to quickly point out one of this facility's major weaknesses. In the area of nursing care, we gave this nursing home a lowly grade of F. The nursing score includes a handful of factors, however, the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. With a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, this facility's nurse staffing levels were far below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these statistics to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This facility's weakest area was short-term care, which is the final category we scored. It received an abysmal F for this area. In spite of some decent grades in other areas, this grade is nevertheless of a concern so we felt obligated to point it out. Short-term care grades are commonly used to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. To offer quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. In this place's case, we found that it offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This measures the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 5.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had falls resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.41% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 32.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 99.64% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.51% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.04% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.04% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A+

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 75.52% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Starr County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.4 miles away128 N Fm Rd 3167 Rio Grande City Texas 78582Government - Hospital District or Authority(956) 487-5561

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Medical Care Rio Grande City0.17 miles away2533 Central Palm Dr Rio Grande City Texas 78582CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (956) 487-6360
  • Us Renal Care Rio Grande Dialysis0.39 miles away2787 Pharmacy Rd Rio Grande City Texas 78582CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (956) 487-2929

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=676119