The Heights of Alamo

  About The Heights of Alamo

  The Heights of Alamo Owner & Operator Information

  The Heights of Alamo Ratings and Inspection Scores

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regularly inspects every skilled nursing facility. The results of the multi-day inspection is a series of star ratings. The health inspection scores are an absolute value, so you can compare one facility's score directly to another.

  Complaints by Residents

There are no complaints in the current database for The Heights of Alamo.

  Nursing Hours Spent Per Patient

CMS provides detailed information about how long nursing staff spends with residents. This data includes nursing subcategories of Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and non-nursing Certified Nursing Assistants. More hours spend per patient should can indicate a better facility or it could indicate more complicated situations.

The nursing staff of The Heights of Alamo spends LESS time on average with its residents than the state average and LESS time than the national average for total nursing hours spent per resident.

Type	Facility	State / National Avg
Registered Nurse (RN)
Hours	0.30	0.41 / 0.67
Case Mix	0.75	0.64 / 0.66
Adjusted	0.27	NA / NA
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Hours	0.93	1.00 / 0.88
Case Mix	0.98	NA / NA
Adjusted	0.82	NA / NA
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
Hours	1.87	1.96 / 2.29
Case Mix	2.56	NA / NA
Adjusted	1.67	NA / NA
Total Licensed Staff
Hours	1.23	1.41 / 1.54
Physical Therapist (PT)
Hours	0.05	0.07 / 0.07
Total Nursing Hours Spent per Resident on Average
Hours	3.10	3.37 / 3.84
Case Mix	4.29	3.66 / 3.82
Adjusted	2.76	NA / NA

  Quality Measures

Quality measures are based both on patient survey information and on the results of actual claims that are filed with CMS. It is not clear what period is covered in the measures.

Desc.	Perc./ State Avg. / Comparison
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission (qm521) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	21.2% / 24.5% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit (qm522) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	15.9% / 12.2% Worse
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm551) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	1.4% / 1.9% Better
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm552) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	1.8% / 1.9% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased (qm401)	13.2% / 16.6% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight (qm404)	11.4% / 4.6% Worse
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder (qm405)	82.9% / 53.4% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder (qm406)	1.6% / 1.1% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection (qm407)	0.3% / 1.0% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms (qm408)	10.0% / 4.7% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained (qm409)	0.0% / 0.0% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury (qm410)	1.4% / 3.4% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm415)	100.0% / 97.1% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication (qm419)	9.5% / 8.7% Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm430)	97.5% / 89.4% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication (qm434)	2.8% / 1.5% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened (qm451)	5.0% / 12.7% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication (qm452)	5.4% / 23.1% Better
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers (qm453)	7.6% / 6.7% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm454)	99.3% / 97.6% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function (qm471)	83.5% / 70.0% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm472)	74.3% / 84.5% Worse

  Hospitals Near The Heights of Alamo

Quite often skilled nursing facilities and hospitals work closely together to help patients recover or manage a terminal illness. Hospitals deals with acute care while nursing homes treat patients for a longer period of time. New residents at skilled nursing homes typically come from a hospital and nursing home residents may be readmitted to a hospital if their recovery does not proceed well. (Hospital readmission rates are closely monitored by CMS.) Consequently it is important that you consider which hospitals are near a nursing home which choosing one. Below is a list of hospitals near The Heights of Alamo.

The Heights of Alamo is near several hospitals, each with its own rating based on overall performance:

Hospital	5-Star Overall Rating
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM 1102 W TRENTON ROAD EDINBURG, TX 78539	3
RIO GRANDE REGIONAL HOSPITAL 101 E RIDGE RD MCALLEN, TX 78503	3
DOCTORS HOSPTAL AT RENAISSANCE 5501 SOUTH MCCOLL EDINBURG, TX 78539	3
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER 1401 EAST EIGHT STREET WESLACO, TX 78596	4
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 900 SOUTH BRYAN ROAD MISSION, TX 78572	4
CORNERSTONE REGIONAL HOSPITAL 2302 CORNERSTONE BOULEVARD EDINBURG, TX 78539	Not Available

Ratings History for The Heights of Alamo

  Medical Professionals Associated with The Heights of Alamo

These are the doctors who are affiliated with The Heights of Alamo. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• ISMAEL CANTU GARCIA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HNI MEDICAL SERVICES )
• HUMBERTO NUNEZ URIBURU ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MD HOSPITALISTS PLLC )

  Local Nursing Homes

When evaluating nursing homes, it's important to consider other nearby facilities to understand the available options and make comparisons. Below is a list of nursing homes near Brookline Healthcare and Rehabilitation, including Brookline itself. This list is ranked based on each home's health inspection scores, also known as the "weighted all cycles score." Additionally, we provide the facility's 5-star overall rating for a more complete view of its performance. If a nursing home has been flagged by CMS for abuse, you'll see a special icon () next to its name.

The data is based on the dataset as of November 01, 2024.

Name	Health Inspection Score / Overall Rating
The Heights of Alamo (ALAMO, TX)	0.667 / 5:
San Juan Nursing Home Inc (SAN JUAN, TX)	12 / 5:
Mission Valley Nursing and Transitional Care (MISSION, TX)	15.333 / 5:
Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Edinb (EDINBURG, TX)	16 / 4:
Windsor Las Palmas Nursing and Rehabilitation Cent (MCALLEN, TX)	18 / 5:
Grand Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare (MCALLEN, TX)	18 / 5:
Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home (MCALLEN, TX)	18.667 / 5:
Windsor Arbor View (EDINBURG, TX)	18.667 / 5:
Veranda Rehabilitation and Healthcare (HARLINGEN, TX)	20.667 / 3:
Village Healthcare and Rehabilitation (MCALLEN, TX)	22 / 5:
Mid Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation (MERCEDES, TX)	25.333 / 4:
Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Raymo (RAYMONDVILLE, TX)	26 / 3:
Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Mcall (MCALLEN, TX)	28 / 3:
Edinburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (EDINBURG, TX)	36 / 3:
Orchard Park Post Acute Nursing and Rehabilitation (WESLACO, TX)	38.667 / 4:
Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (WESLACO, TX)	39.333 / 3:
Hidalgo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (EDINBURG, TX)	51.333 / 2:
Mission Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (MISSION, TX)	58.5 / 4:
Mcallen Transitional Care Center (MC ALLEN, TX)	70 / 3:
Mcallen Nursing Center (MCALLEN, TX)	108.667 / 3:
Colonial Manor Advanced Rehab and Healthcare (PHARR, TX)	123.667 / 1:
Briarcliff Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (MCALLEN, TX)	144.333 / 1:
Valley Grande Manor (WESLACO, TX)	169.833 / 1:
Las Alturas De Penitas (PENITAS, TX)	220.5 / 1:

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