Morada Temple is a small nursing home in Temple, Texas. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective residents. Even in a city with 10 nursing homes, this nursing home looks like a great option. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its short-term care score. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph
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Morada Temple
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall score, we awarded this facility a grade of A- for short-term care. In determining our short-term care grades, we size up the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is considered to be a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. We weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received even higher grades in the area of nursing. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. When calculating our nursing grades, we assess both nursing hours and the training levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning a resident at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we scored is long-term care. In this category, we gave this facility a decent grade of B-. This is this nursing home's least impressive area. Long-term care grades are critical for residents looking for personal care. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Morada Temple Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Morada Temple, 6.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Morada Temple, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Morada Temple, 5.26% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Morada Temple, 18.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Morada Temple, 16.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Morada Temple, 2.25% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Morada Temple, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Morada Temple, 15.38% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Morada Temple, 25.58% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Morada Temple, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Morada Temple, 25.58% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Morada Temple, 9.72% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Morada Temple, 70.58% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform 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
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Temple, Texas has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Baylor Scott & White Clinic - TempleAcute Care Hospitals 1.4 miles away2401 S 31st St Temple Texas 76508Voluntary non-profit - Private(254) 724-2111
- Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsAcute Care Hospitals 18.53 miles away850 W Central Texas Expressway Harker Heights Texas 76548Proprietary(254) 953-8342
Nearby Dialysis
- Scott & White Artifical Kidney Unit1.14 miles away2601 Thorton Lane Temple Texas 76508CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 56 (254) 935-5888
- Temple Kidney Center3.56 miles away2915 Saulsbury Temple Texas 76504Dialysis Stations: 17 (254) 742-1162
- Fresenius Medical Care Harker Heights18.48 miles away625 W Central Texas Expressway Harker Heights Texas 76548Dialysis Stations: 20 (254) 690-0613