Ashford Gardens
7210 Northline Dr, Houston TX 77076 · (713) 699-2882 · 46.13% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Ashford Gardens is a very-large government-owned nursing home located in Houston, Texas. With an overall score of F, we consider this to be a very poor nursing home. We ranked this as one of the bottom 10 rated facilities in Houston. Given that the city offers more than 60 other facilities, you ought to be able to find a better option here. Finally, we were surprised to learn that this nursing home earned a decent score in our long-term care category. You can find more information on this category below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 202 Beds
CCRC :
Government - Hospital district
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. We believe that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home excelled in nursing, where it earned an D. In computing our nursing ratings, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This place provided only 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home was above average in two of the datapoints we focus on, with good marks for avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this nursing home only received a grade of D for its short-term care grade, which is well below average in this category. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Based on its score in this area, we weren't stunned to learn that this facility was well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the measures we looked at. The last area we looked at in this category is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. It performed better in this area, with 50.2 percent of its patients returning home. This was just about this nursing home's only redeeming quality in this area.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed was long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a poor score in this area also. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this category, which is obviously very concerning. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. We were a bit worried that this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to only 82.22892 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at limiting hospitalizations. Although it had 1.72 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not as bad since it had some more complicated patients. This was its best score in this category
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ashford Gardens Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better