Located in El Paso, Texas, Vista Hills Health Care Center is one of six facilities in the area. We gave this facility a rock bottom overall score based on the data we assessed. Based on our assessment, you'd be better off to steer clear of this facility. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Vista Hills Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this place's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also surprised to find that this facility earned a solid long-term care grade this year. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's personal care instead of the highly skilled therapy or healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. Nursing grades are mostly associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these datapoints to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the next category, this nursing home really didn't fare very well in this area either. Due to a very poor grade of F in short-term care, this is really as bad as it gets. Short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. With a score this poor for this area, we were not surprised to find this nursing home was below average in two of the key staffing areas we focus on. The nursing home supplied substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Vista Hills Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who developed pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic can be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 4.84% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 93.69% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 11.91 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Vista Hills Health Care Center, 66.29% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for El Paso, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of F
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Hospitals
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- El Paso Children's HospitalChildrens 6.28 miles away4845 Alameda Avenue El Paso Texas 79905Voluntary non-profit - Private(915) 521-7148
- El Paso Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 6.4 miles away4615 Alameda Avenue El Paso Texas 79905Government - State(915) 532-2202
- University Medical Center of El PasoAcute Care Hospitals 6.4 miles away4815 Alameda Ave El Paso Texas 79905Government - Hospital District or Authority(915) 521-7602
- The Hospitals of Providence Horizon City CampusAcute Care Hospitals 8.86 miles away13600 Horizon Street, Suite 100 El Paso Texas 79928Proprietary(915) 407-7878
- Sierra Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.03 miles away1625 Medical Center Dr El Paso Texas 79902Proprietary(915) 747-4000
- William Beaumont Amg (Ft Bliss)Acute Care - Department of Defense 9.05 miles away5005 N. Piedras St. El Paso Texas 79920Department of Defense(915) 742-2121
Nearby Dialysis
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- Cielo Vista Dialysis1.3 miles away7200 Gateway E Ste B El Paso Texas 79915CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (915) 771-6893
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- Davita East Dialysis2.93 miles away11989 Pellicano Drive El Paso Texas 79936CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (915) 856-6363
- Davita Ascarate Dialysis3.2 miles away7281 Alameda Ave El Paso Texas 79915Dialysis Stations: 25 (915) 881-1796