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Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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6500 Brush Country Rd,
Austin TX 78749

(512) 892-5774

72.45% estimated occupancy 1

Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation is an average-sized facility located in Austin, Texas. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel overall grade based on the data we looked at. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in Austin. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. We were surprisingly able to give this nursing home some positive feedback for our inspections category, which you can find more information about below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Audiology

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B

While we graded this place incredibly poorly overall, it received a very impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our better scores in that area with a grade of B. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid nursing homes that have a long list of severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Sadly, this facility's second most favorable score was short-term care. However, with a D in this category, it still fared somewhat poorly. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.6 percent of its patients returning home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. Our nursing score is based on several datapoints, but the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last area we graded is long-term care. This nursing home was given a rock bottom grade of F in that category. For patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of long-term care patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 2.08% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall leading to serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 10.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used to treat several conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 9.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms. Some believe this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 100% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 8.18% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 6.76% of Residents

This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 6.76% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 5.8% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, 67.42% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Austin, TX

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=675118