The Mission at Air Force Village is a nursing home in San Antonio, Texas which has 1,585,405 people. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is one of the most impressive grades that we offer. A score of this caliber requires excellent marks across the board. San Antonio features a variety of nursing homes, but it is unlikely you will need to check out too many others. This one looks like a first-rate option. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which we will address in the next section.
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The Mission at Air Force Village
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our short-term care category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This grade is frequently a fair assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We were not able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. We wish we had more data for this facility. Without having deficiency data, it is challenging to fully grade it in the inspections category.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. There are a host of datapoints included in this category. Many of the criteria relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a patient even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we graded was long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a B. Believe it or not, this proved to be this nursing home's least impressive category. A facility could be doing a lot worse when their poorest grade still outperforms most other nursing homes. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Mission at Air Force Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 7.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 9.77% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents who had falls which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 2.44% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 17.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 11.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 2.48% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 99.43% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 20.14% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Many believe this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 16.95% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 16.95% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 11.51% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Mission at Air Force Village, 83.97% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for San Antonio, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- 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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