Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home is a senior living facility located in Amarillo, Texas. The city has a total of 220,580 people. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a subpar facility. If you are not happy with this facility's subpar overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are seven other nursing homes in Amarillo. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home
- Nursing Home
- For people with disabilities
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Get pricing and details on Amarillo senior living options.
Get PricingQuick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - State
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we gave this facility a bad overall grade, we awarded it a fairly respectable grade in the category of inspections, where it received a B-. This was certainly better than its other categories. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a somewhat alarming figure which is well below average. Lastly, our nursing scores also consider quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.
Does this page answer your questions about Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home?
Short-term Care Quality
The third area we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B- in this category. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its level of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The critical question is whether this also affected quality of care. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we rated is long-term care. We awarded it a B- in this category. This is not a bad grade in this area. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 94.60916 percent of its patients, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations 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.
Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 2.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 5.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care residents which have experienced a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 0.28% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 14.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 9.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 93.81% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 14.9% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 9.8% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 9.8% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home, 73.38% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Amarillo, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Amarillo, Texas has 7 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Quail Creek Surgical HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.73 miles away6819 Plum Creek Amarillo Texas 79124Proprietary(806) 354-6100
- Northwest Texas HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.59 miles away1501 S Coulter St Amarillo Texas 79106Voluntary non-profit - Private(806) 354-1110
- Baptist St Anthony's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.84 miles away1600 Wallace Blvd Amarillo Texas 79106Proprietary(806) 212-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Amarillo High Plains1.03 miles away5920 Amarillo Blvd West Amarillo Texas 79106CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (806) 353-9182
- Us Renal Care Amarillo Dialysis1.99 miles away1915 S Coulter Street Suite 200 Amarillo Texas 79106Dialysis Stations: 16 (806) 355-3310
- Fmc Crown of Texas2.14 miles away1805 Point West Parkway Suite 200 Amarillo Texas 79124CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (806) 418-2690
- Amarillo Dialysis7.03 miles away8604 South Coulter Street Amarillo Texas 79119CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (806) 358-0051