St. Joseph Health Burleson

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Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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St. Joseph Health Burleson's website

1022 Presidential Corridor Hwy 21 E,
Caldwell TX 77836

(979) 567-0920

60.26% estimated occupancy ¹

St. Joseph Health Burleson is a facility in Caldwell, Texas. This city has a population of 11,896 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade of this caliber requires some respectable scores. Based on our ratings, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home's long-term care grade is one of its higher scores. The nursing home was given a B- in this area. In our long-term care category, we look at the volume of services offered by a facility, as well as a handful of quality statistics. After we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinates 99.5671 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. Our nursing score includes many components, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This place provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure as it is well below average. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. While this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it did very well in this subcategory. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving a resident more often.

Short-term Care Quality

This facility's weakest area is short-term care, which is the final area we analyzed. Unfortunately, we gave it an F for this category. In spite of multiple solid grades in other categories, this score is nevertheless disappointing so we wanted to point it out. With our short-term care category, we attempt to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. With its score in this area, we weren't stunned to learn that this nursing home was well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Frankly, this was what we expected here. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics was damning for this nursing home's short-term care grade.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

St. Joseph Health Burleson Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 7.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 3.28% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who had falls resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 1.64% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 11.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 22.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 4.66% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 94.73% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 17.29% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 18.08% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 1.58 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 18.08 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 11.87 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 66.73% Percentage of Resident

This metric 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. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.