The Plaza at Lubbock is a large facility in Lubbock, Texas. This isn't a bad facility with a C overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Lubbock. Based on all of the relevant data, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
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The Plaza at Lubbock
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- Memory Care
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 - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
It should also be noted that this place's long-term care rating outpaced its overall grade. We awarded it a B+ for its long-term care grade, which is one of our higher scores. This boosted its overall score. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Inspections is another category where this facility excelled. We gave this facility an B+ for our inspections category. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing rating. In fact, we gave this nursing home an impressive grade of D. There are a variety of factors within this area. Most of the datapoints relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This place offered only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is well below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at is short-term care. It received a lowly F for this area, which is a very poor score. This is certainly a major concern. Our short-term care ratings are probably more important for residents in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 4.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Plaza at Lubbock Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 5.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 2.29% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 1.18% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 4.52% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 21.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 3.36% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 99.73% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 16.67% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 5.58% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 5.58% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Plaza at Lubbock, 0% of Patients
This is 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 The Plaza at Lubbock, 79.06% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Lubbock, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Hospitals
- Lubbock Heart Hospital LpAcute Care Hospitals 0.27 miles away4810 North Loop 289 Lubbock Texas 79416Proprietary(806) 687-7777
- University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.04 miles away602 Indiana Avenue Lubbock Texas 79415Government - Hospital District or Authority(806) 775-8200
- Covenant Childrens HospitalChildrens 2.35 miles away4015 22nd Place Lubbock Texas 79410Voluntary non-profit - Private(806) 725-7975
- Covenant Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.38 miles away3615 19th Street Lubbock Texas 79410Voluntary non-profit - Church(806) 725-4431
- Grace Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.79 miles away2412 50th St Lubbock Texas 79412Voluntary non-profit - Other(806) 788-4100
Nearby Dialysis
- Lubbock Dialysis Center-Redbud1.41 miles away1126 Slide Rd. Suite 4-A Lubbock Texas 79416CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (806) 785-6285
- Us Renal Care Kidney Center of Lubbock2.35 miles away3801 21st Street Suite 100 Lubbock Texas 79410CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (806) 771-9933
- Fresenius Medical Care Lubbock4.38 miles away2710 Avenue Q Lubbock Texas 79411CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (806) 744-1252
- Dialysis Center of Lubbock5.02 miles away6630 Quaker Ave Suite 102 Lubbock Texas 79413CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (806) 793-1414
- Innovative Dialysis Center of Lubbock, LLC6.17 miles away1826 Parkway Dr Lubbock Texas 79403Dialysis Stations: 13 (806) 747-1366
- Bio Medical Applications of Texas, Inc6.62 miles away8704 University Ave Lubbock Texas 79423Dialysis Stations: 13 (806) 748-0002