Bender Terrace of Lubbock

Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a C for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility was assessed 5 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in categories G through L. This means this facility avoided the more significant categories of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

We also wanted to draw your attention to this nursing home's rock-bottom short-term care grade where it received a lowly F. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. As you might expect, we found that this place offers significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. 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.

In addition, we gave this facility a rock-bottom F in the area of long-term care. Facilities that don't fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 90.661476 percent of its residents. This is multiple points less than what we expected. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.

The next category we analyzed was nursing, in which this facility was given a rock bottom score in this category also. Unfortunately, we gave it an F for this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are seeing patients and the levels of training of those nurses. This place averaged a meager 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is well below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This facility performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.