Senior Care of West Oaks looks like it is one of 26 nursing homes located in Austin, Texas. The city has quite a few more options to choose from compared to most areas in the country. With a rock bottom overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. In our view, you'd be better off to steer clear of this facility. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Senior Care of West Oaks
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, we gave this facility an F for its short-term care grade. In determining our short-term care scores, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is often a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. With its weak rating in this category, we weren't stunned to learn this facility provided significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
Our next area we assessed is long-term care, in which this nursing home was given an F. For patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.12281 percent of its patients, which is higher than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Nurse Quality
The next category we rated is nursing, where this facility received a poor grade in this area also. It received an abysmal F in this area, which is definitely a major concern. Our nursing score is mostly based on a facility's nurse staffing. This place averaged a meager 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Senior Care of West Oaks Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which have had falls leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 4.81% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 94.64% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Senior Care of West Oaks, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Austin, 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 C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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