Fort Worth Transitional Care Center is a large government-owned nursing home in Fort Worth, Texas. This facility was given an overall grade of D, which is a subpar score. Fortunately, if you aren't impressed with this facility, there are countless other options available in this city. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
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Fort Worth Transitional Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Hospital district
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
While we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a B for our short-term care rating. In determining these short-term care grades, we look at 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 create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
We awarded this nursing home a C for our inspections rating. This grade is better than its overall grade. Our inspection grades are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This indicates inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
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Nurse Quality
We were stunned to find that this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing. We awarded it an D for that category, which is one of our highest scores. The nursing grade analyzes several subcategories, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility averaged a meager 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This place fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these statistics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was long-term care, where this facility was given a poor score in this category as well. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this category, which is definitely a major disappointment. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is higher than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fort Worth Transitional Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 11.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 6.81% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 5.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 19.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients which were given antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 2.33% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents showing depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 98.88% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 17.96% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 13.37% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 13.37% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 9.28% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Fort Worth Transitional Care Center, 80.96% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Fort Worth, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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- Rrc West Fort Worth3.41 miles away5601 Locke Avenue Suite 101 Fort Worth Texas 76107Dialysis Stations: 18 (817) 886-3200
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