Focused Care at Huntsville is an average-sized facility in Huntsville, Texas. This nursing home is a lower end nursing home. A score of this caliber suggests we found a few red flags. This isn't the worse place we found, but we would still struggle to recommend it. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Focused Care at Huntsville
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it an A+ for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
One of this facility's more favorable category scores came in the area of long-term care. This wound up being its second most favorable category. In that area, we awarded this facility a C. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinates 96.74419 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home's next best category was short-term care. Nevertheless, with a D in this area, it still performed relatively badly. In crafting these short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Based on its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to learn that this nursing home was well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected here. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The last area we analyzed was nursing. Sadly, it received an F in this area, which is a bottom of the barrel score. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This place fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these data points to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Focused Care at Huntsville Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who had falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care patients which suffered from urinary tract infections. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 4.84% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may indicate worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 93.69% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 13.47% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 11.91 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Focused Care at Huntsville, 66.29% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Huntsville Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.38 miles away110 Memorial Hospital Drive Huntsville Texas 77340Voluntary non-profit - Private(936) 291-3411
Nearby Dialysis
- Liberty Dialysis Huntsville1.01 miles away540 I-45 South Suite A Huntsville Texas 77340Dialysis Stations: 17 (936) 295-3180
- Huntsville Dialysis1.73 miles away521 Ih 45 S Suite 20 Huntsville Texas 77340Dialysis Stations: 24 (936) 295-5500