Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation is a nursing home in Sulphur Springs, Texas, which has 24,385 people. This facility a solid overall score of B-, which surprisingly resulted in it being the highest graded nursing home in Sulphur Springs. This place has a few things going for it. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its long-term care rating. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Colostomy Care
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home earned favorable marks in the area of long-term care this year. We awarded them a solid grade in that area, with a B+. This ended up being the facility's best grade and helped its profile quite a bit. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize negative health outcomes for the senior population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B. In computing a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the amount of time nurses are caring for residents and the level of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third category we graded is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this area. Our short-term care grades are vital for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Finally, we also gave this facility a B- for our inspections category. This nursing home didn't have any major weaknesses. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. This place received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 2.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay residents that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 7.23% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 1.41% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 4.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 17.12% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 18.83% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 100% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 9.42% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 11.83% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 11.83% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 24.74% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation, 30.37% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Sulphur Springs, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Sulphur Springs, Texas has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsAcute Care Hospitals 2.26 miles away115 Airport Rd Sulphur Springs Texas 75482Proprietary(903) 885-7671
- Christus Mother Frances Hospital- WinnsboroCritical Access Hospitals 19.98 miles away719 West Coke Road Winnsboro Texas 75494Voluntary non-profit - Private(903) 342-5227
Nearby Dialysis
- Renal Care Group Sulphur Springs2.32 miles away1401 Medical Dr Sulphur Springs Texas 75482Dialysis Stations: 16 (903) 885-3900