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Big Spring Center for Skilled Care

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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3701 Wasson Rd,
Big Spring TX 79720

(432) 606-5012

61.66% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Big Spring, Texas, Big Spring Center for Skilled Care is one of only three available facilities in this city. With an overall score of C, this is a middle of the pack facility. You could certainly do worse than this facility. The best part of this place's profile is is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This facility's best category grade came in the category of health inspections. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B+. It actually outperformed most facilities in this area. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Another one of this facility's better category scores was in the area of long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a B. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia can be a deadly health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The next category we assessed is short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a decent grade of C. Our short-term care ratings are important for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The tricky part is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The last area we rated was nursing, proved to be this nursing home's least impressive category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that area. In determining a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are caring for residents and the level of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. On top of receiving below average scores for nursing hours, this facility was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found that this nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this metric.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Big Spring Center for Skilled Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 8.96% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of long-term patients that suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 2.94% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 10.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for treating several conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 25.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 19.65% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 99.6% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 8.46% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 3.01% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 0.34 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 3.01% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 11.39% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 60.53% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Scenic Mountain Medical Center, a Steward Family HAcute Care Hospitals 1.99 miles away1601 W 11th Place Big Spring Texas 79720Proprietary(432) 263-1211

Nearby Dialysis

  • West Texas Dialysis Center3.93 miles away501 Birdwell Lane Suite 10 Big Spring Texas 79720Dialysis Stations: 20 (432) 267-2903

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=676380