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TruCare Living Centers - Palestine

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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2265 S Sycamore St,
Palestine TX 75801

(903) 723-2592

60.24% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Palestine, Texas, TruCare Living Centers - Palestine is one of four nursing homes in the city. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade of this caliber requires some decent scores. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Palestine. The best part of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - Hospital district
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

We want to point out that this nursing home outperformed its overall grade in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our highest grades in this category with an A+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, we also would like to note that this facility was awarded strong long-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a grade of B+. This proved to be the facility's second strongest grade. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The third area we graded was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a C in this category. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Turning to the next category, this facility really didn't fare very well. With a poor grade of F in nursing, this is this nursing home's weakest area. We analyzed the licensure of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our score in this category. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. To pair with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this facility also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This facility had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average nursing home. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these metrics hurt this nursing home's nursing rating quite a bit.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

TruCare Living Centers - Palestine Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 7.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This measures the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 6.1% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely linked to poor nursing care. More supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 2.16% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 11.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 0.43% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 100% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 10.55% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 5.79% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 5.79% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 31.29% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In TruCare Living Centers - Palestine, 77.55% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Palestine, TX

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of D
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? Palestine, Texas has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Palestine Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.25 miles away2900 S Loop 256 Palestine Texas 75801Proprietary(903) 731-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Palestine Diaysis Center0.18 miles away2260 South Sycamore Street Palestine Texas 75801CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (903) 723-7202
  • Fresenius Medical Care Palestine Home, LLC0.2 miles away201 Medical Dr Palestine Texas 75801Dialysis Stations: 1 (903) 729-0151

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=676257