Bronte Health and Rehab Center is in Bronte, Texas, a city with 1,365 people. Sporting an overall score of B, this nursing home is a very good choice. Based on all of the relevant data, you could do much worse than this place. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile was its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section
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Bronte Health and Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this ended up being a quality facility is that it received a very impressive inspection score. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category. In that area, we gave it an A. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple relatively minor dings aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this nursing home also was given favorable short-term care scores this year. Indeed, we gave them one of our higher grades in that area, with a grade of B+. In determining our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is frequently a useful assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we graded is long-term care, is this facility's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that category. This was one of just a couple of dings in a very solid report card. Nursing homes that don't fare well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 92.59259 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be slightly less than we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. Surprisingly, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bronte Health and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients which sustained a fall which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 4.84% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 93.69% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bronte Health and Rehab Center, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.