Bridgecrest Rehabilitation Suites
14100 Karissa Court, Houston TX 77049 · (713) 340-5200 · 74.53% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Bridgecrest Rehabilitation Suites is a large nursing home located in Houston, Texas. This nursing home was given an F, which is definitely concerning in our grading scheme. We ranked this as one of the ten worst rated nursing homes in Houston. Given that the city offers countless other nursing homes, you should be able to find an alternative here. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 130 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a C for that category, which is one of our better scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates this facility avoided the more ominous classes of deficiencies. Lastly, we do need to point out that this place was assessed some government fines in recent years. Fortunately these fines were on the lower end of the spectrum. That said, this is not what you hoped to find.
Long-term Care Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our long-term care score and that actually ended up being its second best score. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.26087 percent of its patients. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this facility had 2.54 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is far less impressive than its vaccination record.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second lowest category was short-term care, where it earned just a D in that category. This is a relatively poor score. Our short-term care grade is typically used to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to provide good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. In this place's case, it looks like it offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than a typical facility. Finally, we considered the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This nursing home did not fare well here either. We found that just 48 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was below average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded is nursing, which turned out to be a weak spot for this nursing home. We awarded this facility a grade of just D for the area of nursing. When calculating a facility's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses are with patients and the levels of training of those nurses. This place provided just 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home was above average in two of the major statistics we considered, with good marks for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bridgecrest Rehabilitation Suites Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better