Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Schertz, Texas. Sporting an overall score of D, this is a lower end facility. Sadly, this grade was right in line with the city grade in Schertz, which is also well below average. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection score. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category scores
Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- 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
- 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
- Pain Management
- Optometry
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we didn't grade this nursing home favorably overall, we did give it an excellent score in the category of inspections, where it received an A-. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an C. Nursing scores are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a facility has quality controls in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a respectable score in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a C. In forming these short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 5.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's weakest category was long-term care, which is the final area we looked at. For this area, we gave this nursing home a D. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this nursing home also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that have suffered falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic measures the percent of long-term care patients that have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic can be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.81% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 94.64% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is vital to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term 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 Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Brooke Army Medical Center (Ft Sam Houston)Acute Care - Department of Defense 12.13 miles away3551 Roger Brooke Drive San Antonio Texas 78234Department of Defense(210) 916-4141
- Baptist Emergency HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.13 miles away16088 San Pedro San Antonio Texas 78232Proprietary(210) 402-4092
- Methodist Stone Oak HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.52 miles away1139 E Sonterra Blvd, Ste 535 San Antonio Texas 78258Proprietary(210) 638-2100
- South Texas Spine and Surgical HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.67 miles away18600 North Hardy Oak Blvd San Antonio Texas 78258Government - Hospital District or Authority(210) 404-0800
- Resolute Health HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.42 miles away555 Creekside Xing, New Braunfels Texas 78130Proprietary(469) 839-6778
- Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.95 miles away111 Dallas Street San Antonio Texas 78205Proprietary(210) 297-8256
- Nix Health Care SystemAcute Care Hospitals 17.07 miles away414 Navarro, Suite 600 San Antonio Texas 78205Proprietary(210) 271-2188
- Children's Hospital of San AntonioChildrens 17.4 miles away333 N Santa Rosa St San Antonio Texas 78207Voluntary non-profit - Private(210) 704-3342
Nearby Dialysis
- Rsa Schertz2.36 miles away5000 Baptist Health Dr Suite 124 Schertz Texas 78154Dialysis Stations: 16 (210) 659-6070
- Fmc - Village Oaks Kidney Disease Clinc5.2 miles away11701 Toepperwein Rd San Antonio Texas 78233CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (210) 655-4005
- Live Oak Dialysis6 miles away6700 Randolph Blvd Suite 101 San Antonio Texas 78233CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (210) 590-0103
- Sakdc Davita Dialysis Partners Lp6.72 miles away15619 Nacogdoches Rd San Antonio Texas 78247Dialysis Stations: 24 (210) 653-9579
- Marymount Dialysis Center10.34 miles away2391 Ne Loop 410 Suite #211 San Antonio Texas 78217CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (210) 646-8788
- Kirby Kidney Disease Center11.41 miles away4653 Binz Engleman Road Suite #2 San Antonio Texas 78219CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (210) 661-0201
- New Braunfels Kidney Disease Clinic11.56 miles away1561 Ih 35 North New Braunfels Texas 78130Dialysis Stations: 18 (830) 606-0333
- New Braunfels Dialysis12.36 miles away798 Generations Drive New Braunfels Texas 78130CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (830) 629-2848