The Rio at Mission Trails

Neither this nursing home's overall score nor its category grades gave us much to write home about. This place's best category was inspections, but even there we gave it just a D. This is still a well below average score. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home had 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a risk to patient health or safety. Lastly, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed large government fines recently amounting to more than $100,000. This typically indicates that a facility's poor track record spanned several years.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an D. The nursing category includes several factors, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This place averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

The next category we assessed was short-term care, in which this facility was given an F. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Based on its weak score in this category, we weren't shocked to discover that this facility provided far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics sunk this facility's short-term care score.

Turning to the next category, this facility did not fare well in this area either. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is really as as uninspiring as it gets. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. One of the data points we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 98.7013 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.