Brownwood Nursing and Rehabilitation
101 Miller Dr, Brownwood TX 76801 · (325) 643-9555 · 57.26% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Brownwood Nursing and Rehabilitation is in Brownwood, Texas. The city has 25,552 people. This facility received an uninspiring overall grade of D in our grading scheme. If you are not satisfied with this facility's rather poor overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are four other nursing homes in Brownwood. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 128 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We actually gave this facility an excellent grade in long-term care, where it received a grade of A-. For prospective residents looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 85.61151 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be a bit lower than we expected but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. This facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.56 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This score is a more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Our inspection grades are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home only earned a D for its short-term care rating, which is not a score to write home about. Our short-term care scores are considered to be more meaningful for folks in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Given its poor grade, we were not shocked to find that this nursing home provided substantially fewer registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The last area we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We actually found that it fared well in this area, with 49.7 percent of its residents returning home. This was among this nursing home's few redeeming qualities in this category.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our final area, this nursing home really didn't perform well here either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in nursing, this is just about as terrible as it gets. The nursing rating consists of several data points, however, the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This place provided only 2.8 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This facility was above average in two of the major statistics we considered, with solid scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable measures of the quality of nursing care provided.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brownwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who had UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
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 metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better