Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Brownsville, Texas. This isn't a bad facility with a C overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Brownsville. This place seems to have some things working in its favor. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its stellar inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home really outperformed its overall grade in the area of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in this area with an A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we awarded this nursing home a B in our long-term care category. This is one of our more favorable grades. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D for our short-term care grade. This is well below average in this category. Short-term care grades are commonly used to assess a facility's rehabilitation services To have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. With a grade of this caliber in this area, we were not shocked to learn this facility was well below average in two of the key staffing figures we looked at. The nursing home provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics doomed this facility's short-term care score.
Nurse Quality
The last category we scored is nursing, which is this facility's weakest category. We gave it an F for this category, which is certainly very disappointing. In computing our nursing scores, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This place offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is an alarmingly low total. On top of its weak nursing hour totals, this place also received poor marks in several of the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing scores. We found that more of this nursing home's residents experienced falls which led to serious injury. We believe that many falls could likely be prevented with better nursing care. This metric contributed to this facility receiving a poor nursing grade.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.99% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which experienced falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which have experienced urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.12% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.37% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.08% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.52% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.52% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.05% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 80.87% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Brownsville, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of F
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Dialysis
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