Located in Austin, Texas, Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente is just one of 26 possibilities here. We gave this facility a C overall, which isn't a bad grade. This is comparable with the city grade in Austin, which is a B-. You could definitely do worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's profile was its remarkable inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its relatively modest overall grade, we gave this facility an A for its inspection grade. This grade is far better than the facility's overall score. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Based on this, we still had a generally positive view of this nursing home's inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
One of this nursing home's more favorable category scores was in the category of long-term care. This turned out to be its second best category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 97.57785 percent of its residents. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded its next highest category grade in the category of short-term care. We gave this facility a B- in this category, which is a decent score. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The real question is whether this adversely affected quality of care. The last statistic 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 6.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our final area, this facility didn't perform very well. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in nursing, this was this facility's poorest category grade. The nursing grade includes quite a few subcategories, but the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these data points to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which have suffered falls leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. 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 Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 4.81% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 94.64% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Southpark Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
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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