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 good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

This facility also received a favorable long-term care grade. As a matter of fact, we awarded them a grade of B in that area, which is one of our more favorable scores. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 97.3306 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this facility 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 a remarkably low figure.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. When calculating our nursing scores, we weigh both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care offered.

This facility's weakest area was short-term care, which is the final category we assessed. In this category, we awarded this facility a D. Short-term care ratings are meaningful for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.