LAS PALMAS HEALTHCARE CENTER (MCALLEN, TX) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Complaint Deficiency

Proper backup exit lighting
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Quickly tell the resident's doctor the results of lab tests
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
1) Review the work of each nurse aide every year; and 2) give regular in-service training based upon these reviews
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

Here:	21.1%
State:	20.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	9.0%
Texas:	11.4%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

Here:	6.3%
Texas:	7.2%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	3.1%
Texas:	6.7%

Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder

Here:	60.9%
State:	46.0%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

This Nursing Home:	4.2%
State:	3.9%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	1.0%
State:	8.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	3.3%
Texas:	9.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

Here:	2.0%
State:	1.6%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

This Nursing Home:	3.0%
Texas:	3.5%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	86.7%
Texas:	91.6%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	78.0%
Texas:	91.1%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	17.5%
Texas:	20.2%

Percent of short-stay residents with Pressure ulcers that are new or worsened

This Nursing Home:	0.6%
State:	1.4%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Nursing Home:	52.9%
State:	76.2%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	45.0%
State:	74.3%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	4.3%
State:	3.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	14.3%
State:	28.5%

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.690
Texas:	0.469

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.500
Texas:	0.894

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.190
Texas:	1.350

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.100
Texas:	0.067

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.100
State:	0.074

LAS PALMAS HEALTHCARE CENTER - MCALLEN, TX

Complaint Deficiency

Quality Measures

Staff Information

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