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Big Spring Center for Skilled Care

  • Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Big Spring Center for Skilled Care's website

3701 Wasson Rd,
Big Spring TX 79720

(432) 606-5012

49.75% estimated occupancy 1

Big Spring Center for Skilled Care is an average-sized facility in Big Spring, Texas. Our scoring system was not kind to this facility, as it received an overall score of F. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Big Spring. The city has just two other nursing homes. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is inspections, which is discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: C

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of C. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received some government fines in recent years.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home also didn't fare terribly in the category of short-term care. Indeed, we gave it a grade of C in that area, which is among its higher scores. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its level of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. There are many subcategories within this grade. Many of these subcategories are tied to nurse staffing. This nursing home offered only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next category we graded is long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is an abysmal score. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is a very solid total. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Big Spring Center for Skilled Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents who sustained UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 4.81% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 94.64% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 17.1% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 16.36% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 11.4 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Big Spring Center for Skilled Care, 66.86% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

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