TOWERS NURSING HOME - SMITHVILLE, TX

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Address

907 GARWOOD
SMITHVILLE, TX, 78957

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (512) 237-4606

Number of Certified Beds: 114
Total Number of Residents: 96
Percent of Occupied Beds: 84%
Sprinkler Status: Fully Sprinklered
Program Participation: Medicare and Medicaid
Type of Ownership: Non profit - Church related
Located Within a Hospital?: No
Multi Nursing Home Ownership?: Yes
Resident and Family Councils: Resident
Continuing Care Retirement Community?: No
Quality Indicator Survey?: No
Special Focus Facility?: No
Type: Skilled Nursing Facilities

Overall Star Rating: 2 Stars
Health Inspections Star Rating: 2 Stars
Nurse Staffing Star Rating: 3 Stars
Quality Measures Star Rating: 3 Stars
RN Only Star Rating: 2 Stars

Provided Services

Activities Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Activities Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Clinical Laboratory Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Clinical Laboratory Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Dental Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Diagnostic Xray Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Diagnostic Xray Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Dietary Services Are Provided Onsite To Non Residents
Dietary Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Housekeeping Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Mental Health Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Nursing Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Occupational Therapy Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Pharmacy Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Physical Therapy Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Physician Extender Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Physician Extender Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Physician Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Physician Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Podiatry Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Podiatry Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Social Work Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Social Work Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Speech/Language Pathology Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Administrative Staff - Full Time: 3.26
Administrative Staff - Part Time: 0.91
Certified Nurse Aides - Full Time: 33.96
Certified Nurse Aides - Part Time: 5.27
Dietitians - Under Contract: 0.13
Food Service Personnel - Full Time: 7.47
Food Service Personnel - Part Time: 4.70
Housekeeping Personnel - Full Time: 9.51
Licensed Practical/ Vocational Nurses - Full Time: 12.23
Licensed Practical/ Vocational Nurses - Part Time: 3.21
Nurses With Administrative Duties - Full Time: 4.79
Persons Not Included In Any Other Categories - Full Time: 4.14
Physical Therapists - Under Contract: 0.09
Rn Director Of Nursing - Full Time: 1.14
Social Workers - Full Time: 1.19
Activities Professionals - Full Time: 2.16
Occupational Therapists - Under Contract: 0.09
Sppech Pathologists - Full Time: 1.03
Registered Nurses - Part Time: 0.34
Housekeeping Personnel - Part Time: 0.91
Occupational Therapy Assistants - Full Time: 1.04
Medication Aides/ Technicians - Full Time: 9.17

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.370
Texas:	0.469

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

This Nursing Home:	0.880
Texas:	0.894

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.250
State:	1.350

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.020
Texas:	0.067

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.020
State:	0.074

Quality Measures

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

Here:	27.0%
Texas:	20.4%

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

This Nursing Home:	12.3%
Texas:	11.4%

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

Here:	2.6%
Texas:	7.2%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	5.5%
State:	6.7%

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

Here:	38.5%
State:	46.0%

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

This Nursing Home:	4.8%
Texas:	3.9%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	6.6%
State:	8.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	1.1%
Texas:	9.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

Here:	1.1%
State:	1.6%

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

Here:	2.2%
State:	3.5%

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

Here:	98.9%
Texas:	91.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
Texas:	91.1%

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

This Nursing Home:	28.6%
State:	20.2%

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

Here:	96.0%
Texas:	74.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	17.4%
State:	28.5%

Complaint Deficiency

Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Proper backup exit lighting: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Few (Actual harm)

Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent survey: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Approved construction type or materials: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide bedrooms that don't allow residents to see each other when privacy is needed: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

An externally vented heating system: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper construction of ducts through walls designed to prevent smoke passage: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Provide 3 meals at regular times; 2) serve breakfast within 14 hours after dinner; or 3) offer a snack at bedtime each day: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

AAGES HEALTH CARE (BASTROP, 10.24 miles)
BASTROP HOSPITAL (BASTROP, 12.56 miles)
JEFFERSON COMMUNITY RESIDENCE (BASTROP, 12.30 miles)
JUSTICE HOUSE (WEST POINT, 9.27 miles)
NNA - BASTROP (BASTROP, 12.57 miles)
RIVERBEND HOME HEALTH (0.12 miles)
SMITHVILLE COMMUNITY RESIDENCE (1.31 miles)

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