Riverview Nursing and Rehabilitation
1102 River Rd, Boerne TX 78006 · (830) 249-2799 · 63.64% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Riverview Nursing and Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home in Boerne, Texas. Featuring an overall score of C, this is a solid facility. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Boerne, which admittedly is admittedly a little below average nationally. This facility did not excel in all of our categories, but it did not receive any rock-bottom grades either. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 96 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We would like to point out that this facility's inspection rating exceeded its overall score. This facility earned a B+ in this area, which is one of our better grades. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we gave this facility a B in our long-term care category. This is one of our more favorable scores. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.9 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better grades. Nursing scores are primarily associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which was above average. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality measures we looked at. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility in the country in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was short-term care, which proved to be a low point for this nursing home. We awarded this nursing home a D in the area of short-term care. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to score a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Given its poor grade, we weren't stunned to find that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist per resident than the average facility. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 34.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. This statistic was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Riverview Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many believe this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better