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Ventana by Buckner

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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8301 N. Central Expressway,
Dallas TX 75201

(214) 758-8031

66.8% estimated occupancy ¹

Ventana by Buckner is a small non-profit nursing home in Dallas, Texas. This nursing home turns out to be an A rated facility, which is one of the most impressive ratings we offer. In fact, we ranked this nursing home as the third best nursing home in Dallas. This nursing home also received phenomenal scores in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
No Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation

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Long-term Care Quality

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received an excellent long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the datapoints we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.59155 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to minimize negative health outcomes for the senior population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Facility Inspections

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category generally have very few severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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Short-term Care Quality

Turning our next category, this facility received an excellent short-term care grade. In fact, it received a score of A in this area. In our short-term care rating, we endeavor to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

In the last category, this nursing home also was given a very strong nursing rating, with a grade of A. This completed a straight A profile. Our nursing rating is mostly based on the facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed better than average in this area. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Ventana by Buckner Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Ventana by Buckner, 1.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Ventana by Buckner, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents that had a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Ventana by Buckner, 9.68% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Ventana by Buckner, 22.86% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Ventana by Buckner, 12.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Ventana by Buckner, 3.28% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Ventana by Buckner, 93.74% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Ventana by Buckner, 17.65% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Ventana by Buckner, 11.07% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Ventana by Buckner, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Ventana by Buckner, 11.07% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Ventana by Buckner, 6.39% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Ventana by Buckner, 72.85% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.