Briarwood Manor Care Center

In addition to earning a great overall score, this nursing home fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent government inspection reports. We awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our best grades. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. 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.

Among this facility's other strengths is its elite long-term care score. We gave them one of our strongest grades in that category, with a grade of A-. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. This facility clearly fared favorably enough in these metrics to earn an impressive grade in this area.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. There are quite a few criteria within this grade. Many of these subcategories relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Texas in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving a resident even once per day.

The next area we graded was short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a very solid grade of B. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is frequently a fair measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. We were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.