Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Abilene, Texas. It looks like this is a great nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable score. If you take a look at the other options in Abilene, we suspect you will find this nursing home to be a better option than most nursing homes in the city. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Podiatry
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place is a strong facility is that it received a very impressive inspection rating. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category. In that area, we gave this facility an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite minor. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other strengths is its superb long-term care score. We gave them one of our most favorable scores in that category, with a grade of A. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 94.50549 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we scored was short-term care, which proved to be this facility's worst area. It received a lowly F for this area, which is obviously a bit concerning. Our short-term care ratings are likely more important for residents in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 4.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.96% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.1% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that experienced a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.99% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care residents who have suffered from a UTI. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 19.19% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term residents 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 only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are typically prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.56% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 92.66% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.06% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.01% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.01% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 7.73% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Willow Springs Health & Rehabilitation Center, 54% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Abilene, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Abilene Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.42 miles away6250 Hwy 83/84 Abilene Texas 79606Proprietary(325) 428-1000
Nearby Dialysis
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