Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home in Brownsville, Texas. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A grade of this caliber requires some respectable scores. This place seems to have a few things going for it. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.
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Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Please note our records indicate that Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For 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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Facility Inspections
The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area, with an A. This is a much better grade than the place's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Inspection scores are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a solid grade in the category of long-term care, where it received a B-. Long-term care grades are based on the facility's volume of nursing care. This means a vast spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an above average datapoint. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
Another strength of this nursing home is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a score of D. In calculating a facility's nursing score, we weigh the number of hours nurses are seeing residents as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed is short-term care, ended up being this facility's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in this area. In calculating these short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. With a score this poor in this area, we weren't shocked to learn that this place was well below average in multiple staffing figures we looked at. It offered substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 5.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
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, 3.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients which suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.61% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 5.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.41% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents showing symptoms of depression. High rates of depression could reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.49% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.86% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Many would argue that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.86% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.62% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 67.59% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleAcute Care Hospitals 3.77 miles away1040 W Jefferson St Brownsville Texas 78520Proprietary(956) 544-1400
- Harlingen Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.3 miles away5501 South Expressway 77 Harlingen Texas 78550Proprietary(956) 365-1000
- Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLCAcute Care Hospitals 16.92 miles away2101 Pease St Harlingen Texas 78550Proprietary(956) 389-1100
- Rio Grande State CenterPsychiatric 17.78 miles away1401 Rangerville Road Harlingen Texas 78550Government - State(956) 364-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Nri Brownsville1.94 miles away2945 Central Blvd Brownsville Texas 78520CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (956) 542-8094
- Fmc Dialysis Services of North Brownsville2.1 miles away1900 N. Expressway, Suite E Brownsville Texas 78521CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (956) 504-5045
- Valley Hemodialysis Center2.41 miles away2600 N Coria Brownsville Texas 78520CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (956) 546-3738
- Fresenius Medical Care South Price3.09 miles away64 S Price Rd Suite B Brownsville Texas 78521Dialysis Stations: 36 (956) 544-0711
- Fort Brown Dialysis3.74 miles away2000 Boca Chica Blvd Brownsville Texas 78521Dialysis Stations: 13 (956) 544-1158
- Us Renal Care San Benito Dialysis12.88 miles away910 North Mccullough Street San Benito Texas 78586CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (956) 399-4037
- Treasure Hills Dialysis16.73 miles away1629 Treasure Hills Blvd Suite 8 Harlingen Texas 78550Dialysis Stations: 13 (956) 364-2120
- Fmc Harlingen16.74 miles away1653 Treasure Hills Blvd. Harlingen Texas 78552Dialysis Stations: 12 (956) 412-1097