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North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center's website

709 W Fifth St,
Bonham TX 75418

(903) 583-8551

56.61% estimated occupancy ¹

North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is located in Bonham, Texas. This city has a population of 14,411 people. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is one of our best ratings. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the country. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Colostomy Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

To pair with its great overall grade, we awarded this facility an A for inspections. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the number of hours the nurses spent with patients, in calculating our score in this category. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

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Long-term Care Quality

Turning to an additional strength for this facility, we gave them one of our higher scores in our long-term care category as well, with a B+. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.181816 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

The last category we scored is this nursing home's poorest category. Nevertheless, even its lowest point would likely be a highlight for many nursing homes. In fact, we awarded it a favorable grade of B in short-term care. Our short-term care scores are important for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care patients who had a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percent of long-term patients who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 4.81% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 94.64% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 17.1% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 16.36% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels. Some experts argue that mobility is important for patients physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 11.4 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.

Nearby Hospitals

Tmc- Bonham HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.09 miles away504 Lipscomb Street Bonham Texas 75418Government - Hospital District or Authority(903) 640-7311