St. Joseph Health Burleson is a facility in Caldwell, Texas. This city has a population of 11,896 people. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. Based on our analysis, this place likely isn't a fit for anyone. We were surprisingly able to give this nursing home some positive feedback for our inspections category, which you can find more information about below.
St. Joseph Health Burleson
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually performed well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for that category, which is one of our better scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home wound up receiving a bottom of the barrel grade in our short-term care area. It received an F in this category. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of long-term care. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.57447 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home also keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our last category, this facility didn't perform very well here either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this is really as terrible as it gets. In calculating our nursing ratings, we look at both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home offered just 0.1 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This number is quite a bit below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
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, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 4.81% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 94.64% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In St. Joseph Health Burleson, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.