Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation is one of just a few facilities in Nacogdoches, Texas. This facility was awarded an overall grade of D, which is a well below average grade. This place has very little going for it. If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, you can continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Oncology Care
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection ratings account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid facilities with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second best category ended up being long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B-. Our long-term care grades are more important for individuals in need of more traditional services related to personal care. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 93.44263 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat lower than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility ended up receiving a a very poor grade in our short-term care category. It was given an F in this area. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. As you might expect, we discovered that this facility offers significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the typical nursing home. Lastly, we considered 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 facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the final category, this facility really did not perform well in this area either. With an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this is just about as as uninspiring as it gets. Our nursing rating focuses on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these metrics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients that have had a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 4.81% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 94.64% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Nacogdoches Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.8 miles away4920 Ne Stallings Drive Nacogdoches Texas 75961Physician(936) 569-9481
- Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.42 miles away1204 Mound St Nacogdoches Texas 75961Government - Hospital District or Authority(936) 564-4611
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci Dialysis Care Services,Inc1.91 miles away4731 n.e. Stallings Nacogdoches Texas 75965CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (936) 569-9900
- Nacogdoches Dialysis Center2.97 miles away3226 University Drive Suite 100 Nacogdoches Texas 75965Dialysis Stations: 16 (936) 559-0031
- I Dialysis, LLC11.93 miles away8760 Us Hwy 59 South Nacogdoches Texas 75964Dialysis Stations: 1 (936) 715-0777