Senior Care of Marlandwood East is a senior living facility in Temple, Texas, a city with a population of 72,710 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road grade. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely far worse places out there. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Senior Care of Marlandwood East
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Surprisingly, this nursing home was hit with a category L deficiency, which was not what we expected given its inspection rating. These are the most concerning deficiencies. This category indicates inspectors uncovered a widespread deficiency putting patient health or safety in immediate danger. Any serious deficiency is a major concern. While other aspects of this nursing home's inspection report were favorable, we have some reservations.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second most favorable area turned out to be its long-term care score, where it received a grade of B-. Long-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's amount of nursing care. This includes a vast spectrum of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 94.7205 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third category we graded was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of C in this category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is considered to be a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The question is whether this also impacted quality of care. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
This facility's worst category is nursing, which is the last area we scored. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this category. In spite of a few acceptable grades in other categories, this grade is nevertheless alarming so we wanted to point it out. The nursing grade is based on many data points. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This figure is far below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This place fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Senior Care of Marlandwood East Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that have suffered falls resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents which sustained a UTI. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 4.84% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 93.69% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 11.91 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Senior Care of Marlandwood East, 66.29% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Temple, 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-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
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