Vernon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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4301 Hospital Dr.,
Vernon TX 76384

(940) 552-2568

25.84% estimated occupancy ¹

Vernon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a facility in Vernon, Texas. The city has a total of 12,991 people. This is a very good facility. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable grade. Based on our assessment, you can do much worse than this facility. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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

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Facility Inspections

We also wanted to emphasize that this facility earned near flawless government inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, we weren't 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.

Long-term Care Quality

Adding to this nursing home's list of achievements, it also was given a fine long-term care score. We gave them an impressive strong of A- in this category. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 85.71429 percent of its residents, which is slightly lower than we anticipated. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility also was awarded a strong short-term care score. Indeed, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this area. In our short-term care score, we strive to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

The next area we scored is nursing. In this area, we gave this nursing home an acceptable grade of B-. This actually proved to be this nursing home's worst category. Our nursing score features a host of subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This place provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, our nursing grades also consider some quality-focused measures. We especially like to look at the percentage of patients who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these data points are decent measures of the quality of nursing care, since superior care can reduce these issues.

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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Vernon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Vernon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 13.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Vernon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 4.29% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Vernon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients which had urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Vernon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 36.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Vernon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 36.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Vernon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Vernon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 83.24% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.