Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation is an average-sized facility in Lampasas, Texas. This is a good nursing home with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Lampasas. Based on our analysis, this place ought to meet the needs of many people. One of the highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- 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
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
We would like to point out that this nursing home's inspection grade exceeded its overall grade. This facility earned a B+ in this area, which is a quality score. Our inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+ in our long-term care category. This is one of our higher grades. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 95.918365 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third best category we awarded this facility in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. In the area of short-term care, we strive to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 5.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Nurse Quality
The final category we analyzed is nursing. This nursing home received a C for this category. In calculating our nursing scores, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. While this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared well in this area. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving residents more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 4.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percentage of long-term care residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 5.61% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients which had urinary tract infections. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 5.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 33.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.65% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 97.07% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 10% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 10.62% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 10.62% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 27.29% of Patients
This indicates 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 Spring Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, 58.27% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Adventhealth Rollins BrookCritical Access Hospitals 1.3 miles away608 North Key Avenue Lampasas Texas 76550Voluntary non-profit - Church(512) 556-3682
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Lampasas0.12 miles away1202 Central Texas Expressway Lampasas Texas 76550Dialysis Stations: 12 (512) 556-4101