Brightpointe at Rivershire
604 S Conroe Medical Dr, Conroe TX 77304 · (936) 494-6600 · 48.4% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Brightpointe at Rivershire is a facility located in Conroe, Texas, which has a population of 130,233 people. Featuring an overall rating of D, this is a subpar facility. Unfortunately, this grade was right in line with the city grade in Conroe, which is also well below average. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category grades. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 150 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this facility's overall grade, it actually received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's higher category scores was in the area of short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B+. In the area of short-term care, we seek to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. This facility boosted its grade in this area by offering more than 50% more physical therapy hours than the average nursing home. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that returned home from the nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Texas in this area with 65.4 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. Nursing ratings are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided a meager 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. In addition to being below average in nursing hours per resident, this place also had poor scores in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This place was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in both of these statistics. This is a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. These metrics helped pull down this facility's nursing grade quite a bit.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we graded is long-term care, where this facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade in this area as well. It received an F for this category, which is definitely very concerning. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes offer. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Unfortunately, this nursing home vaccinated just 87.69231 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at limiting hospitalizations. Although it had 2.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not as bad since it had some more complicated patients. This was its best score in this category
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brightpointe at Rivershire Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care 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 datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which sustained falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 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 patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better