The Harrison at Heritage is an average-sized nursing home located in Keller, Texas. Sporting an overall grade of B-, this is likely a solid nursing home. You could definitely do worse than this place. We were also pleased to discover that this nursing home was consistent in all four of our categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
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The Harrison at Heritage
- Nursing Home
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 - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we gave this facility a grade of B+ in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our better grades. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. It doesn't appear that this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last item we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was long-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of C in this category. Our long-term care grade assesses a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the skilled therapy or healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The final category we graded is nursing. We gave it a C in that category. This is a fair grade in this category. Our nursing rating is largely based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Finally, our nursing ratings also consider some quality-focused statistics. We like to look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are measures of the quality of nursing care, since superior care tends to reduce these issues.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Harrison at Heritage Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Harrison at Heritage, 6.54% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Harrison at Heritage, 5.26% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Harrison at Heritage, 0.54% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Harrison at Heritage, 4.19% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term patients who were given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Harrison at Heritage, 17.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Harrison at Heritage, 0.57% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Harrison at Heritage, 99.48% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Harrison at Heritage, 17.24% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Harrison at Heritage, 6.01% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Harrison at Heritage, 6.01% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Harrison at Heritage, 9.78% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Harrison at Heritage, 89.11% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Keller, 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 B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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- Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital SouthlakeAcute Care Hospitals 9.4 miles away1545 E Southlake Blvd Southlake Texas 76092Government - State(817) 748-8700
- Texas Health HebAcute Care Hospitals 10.84 miles away1600 Hospital Parkway Bedford Texas 76022Voluntary non-profit - Private(817) 848-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Us Renal Care Tarrant Dialysis Keller0.43 miles away4420 Heritage Trace Pkwy Ste 312 Keller Texas 76244CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (817) 993-6516
- Renal Center of Keller, LLC1.11 miles away10708 Victoria Ash Dr Keller Texas 76244Dialysis Stations: 21 (817) 431-6533
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- Keller Dialysis3.18 miles away11000 Old Denton Road Keller Texas 76248Dialysis Stations: 17 (817) 337-5483
- Fort Worth Saginaw Dialysis4.43 miles away900 North Blue Mound Road Suite 192 Fort Worth Texas 76131Dialysis Stations: 13 (817) 232-1502
- Us Renal Care Tarrant Dialysis North Richland Hills6.14 miles away6455 Hilltop Dr, Suite 112 North Richland Hills Texas 76180Dialysis Stations: 15 (817) 485-8700
- Northeast Ft Worth Dialysis Ct6.2 miles away4121 Denton Hwy Haltom City Texas 76117Dialysis Stations: 24 (817) 581-1515
- North Hills Dialysis6.85 miles away7927 Boulevard 26 North Richland Hills Texas 76180Dialysis Stations: 15 (817) 605-9861