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Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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438 Houston-Harte,
San Angelo TX 76903

(325) 486-3702

87.63% estimated occupancy ¹

Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center is one of seven available nursing homes in San Angelo, Texas. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the best nursing homes we looked at. This facility received one of the highest scores that we offer. In fact, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 50 best nursing homes in Texas. As you can find below, this facility performed just as well in our category ratings. We give this place two thumbs up!

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Texas Awards 2020

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Short-term Care Quality

We also found that this facility excelled at short-term care. We gave them an A+ in this category. In our short-term care rating, we endeavor to craft a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

This facility has received near flawless government inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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Long-term Care Quality

We also would like to alert you to the fact that this facility received a dominant grade of A- in our long-term care category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. This is a great way to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

In the final area, this nursing home also was given a first-rate nursing score, with an A-. This finished off a very favorable report card. Our nursing score is based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 8.92% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 5.34% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 2.43% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 21.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who are prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 21.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 0.99% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 100% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 18.6% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 24% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 0.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 24% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 2.86% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Sagecrest Alzheimers Care Center, 69.13% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.