Schleicher County Medical Center

Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating

104 N Hwy 277,
Eldorado TX 76936

72.94% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Eldorado, Texas, Schleicher County Medical Center is the only option we identified in the area. This nursing home turns out to be a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. Based on our assessment, you can do much worse than this place. As you can see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category ratings. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.

Quick Details

No Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
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Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Government - Hospital district

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home earned a strong overall grade as described above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an A in this area. In determining our nursing scores, we assess both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This place fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented with better nursing care.

Facility Inspections

In addition, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

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Short-term Care Quality

The third category we analyzed was short-term care. This nursing home received a very positive short-term care grade, with a B+ in this area. In crafting our short-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this nursing home provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

The next category we assessed was long-term care, in which we gave it a strong grade of B. This nursing home really didn't have any weak links. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a life or death condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility does not take any chances. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.19 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Schleicher County Medical Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 7.96% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 3.3% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 1.63% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 11.7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 22.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 4.7% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 95.06% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 17.37% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 17.98% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 1.58 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Schleicher County Medical Center, 17.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.