Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation's website

110 W Hwy 64,
Cooper TX 75432

(903) 395-2125

39.79% estimated occupancy ¹

Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation is the only option we identified in Cooper, Texas. Featuring an overall grade of B-, this looks like a solid nursing home. You could definitely do worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
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
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Optometry

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Turning to the category of long-term care, we gave this facility a grade of A in that area. For patients seeking a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 93.75 percent of its residents. This is a bit lower than we anticipated but still a respectable figure. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Nurse Quality

Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing grade. We gave this nursing home a grade of D. In calculating our nursing scores, we assess both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This place averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these statistics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

The last area we rated was short-term care. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this category, which is an abysmal score. This is obviously a significant disappointment. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is typically a meaningful assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. In this place's case, it looks like it provides fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, 4.81% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, 94.64% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, 17.1% Percentage of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.36% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home residents.