The Clairmont Tyler
900 S Baxter Ave, Tyler TX 75701 · (903) 597-8192 · 101.53% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
The Clairmont Tyler is just one of 13 options in Tyler, Texas. Featuring an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. Based on our assessment, this place probably isn't a good fit for anyone. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 91 Beds
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Government - Hospital district
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it earned an impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with an A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also didn't rate poorly in the area of long-term care. Indeed, we gave it a grade of C for that area, which ended up being among its higher scores. In the area of long-term care, we focus more on the quantity of care provided by a facility, rather than more sophisticated services. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 66.34615 percent of its residents. This is quite a bit less than the national average. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. While it had 1.73 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was better than the majority of nursing homes due to it having some more complex patients.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home wound up receiving a a terrible grade in our short-term care area. It was given an F in this category. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to create a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Considering its grade in this area, we weren't surprised to discover that this nursing home was well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its patients based on the data we looked at. Frankly, this was about what we expected to find. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 43.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the last area, this nursing home really didn't fare very well in this category either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in nursing, this is about as as uninspiring as it gets. There are a host of subcategories within this category. Most of these subcategories are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided only 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. To pair with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this facility also did not fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average facility. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these scores pulled down this facility's nursing rating quite a bit.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Clairmont Tyler Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term care residents which are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better