Arden Place of Houston

We want to point out that this facility outperformed its overall grade in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our highest scores in that category with an A-. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category generally have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

This facilities second best category is long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this area. Our long-term care grade is used to judge a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 95.783134 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Our nursing rating is mostly tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, our nursing scores also consider quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its patients.

The next category we analyzed is short-term care, which ended up being this facility's weakest area. We awarded this facility a D in that category. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Considering its poor grade in this category, we were not surprised to discover that this nursing home provided significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.