Bastrop Nursing Center

Although this place's overall grade was horrible, it didn't perform quite as poorly in the area of long-term care. In fact, we gave it a B- for that area, which isn't bad. This was not enough to salvage its otherwise weak profile. Long-term care ratings are based on the facility's amount of nursing care. This includes a broad range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 98.295456 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility's second best score is short-term care, but it nevertheless earned a grade of just D in that area. This turns out to be a well below average score. Our short-term care grades are vital for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. With a score of this caliber for this category, we were not stunned to discover that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we assess. The nursing home provided far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

This nursing home did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. In fact, it only received a grade of D for its inspection grade. Our inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

Turning to the next area, we gave this facility a grade of D in our nursing category. This is the nursing home's least impressive category score. Our nursing score analyzes many subcategories, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This statistic is quite a bit below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.