Focused Care at Baytown

To pair with its favorable overall grade, we awarded this facility a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection grades are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area tend to have very 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. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Compounding its impressive performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for its long-term care score. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. This nursing home fared favorably enough in these measures to earn an encouraging grade in this area.

Compounding its strong profile, this facility also was given a superb short-term care score, with a grade of A-. Short-term care scores are crucial for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

The fourth category we assessed is nursing, where this nursing home received a grade of B+. This finished off a very impressive report card. Few nursing homes earned a B+ or better in every category. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.