Windmill Nursing & Rehab Center
507 Martin Luther King Blvd, Lubbock TX 79403 · (806) 744-1113 · 73% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Windmill Nursing & Rehab Center is one of 15 options in Lubbock, Texas. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. We rated this as one of the bottom three facilities in Lubbock. With so many other facilities in the city, you should be able to do better. We were surprised to find that this nursing home actually received one decent category grade in inspections, which you can read more about below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. Our inspection scores account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. We weren't able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home only received a D for its long-term care score, which turns out to be one of its more respectable category scores. Long-term care grades in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated only 27.687296 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Unfortunately, this nursing home's hospitalization rate was also a cause for concern. We found that this place had 2.2 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an alarming rate.
Nurse Quality
In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. There are quite a few subcategories within this grade. Many of these datapoints reflect levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is slightly below average. On top of receiving below average scores for total nursing hours, this place was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and found this nursing home was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed is short-term care. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that category. In our short-term care assessment, we seek to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. In this nursing home's case, it looks like it offered less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 41.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Windmill Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better