Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation is an average-sized facility located in College Station, Texas. This nursing home received an F, which is really a rock-bottom score in our grading scheme. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in College Station. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, we did not have any good things to say about this place's overall grade or its other ratings. Its best category was the category of inspections. However, with a D in this area, it still performed badly. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. You should be most cautious when considering a facility that has severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This facility had 3 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, we also would like to point out that this nursing home received large government fines recently in excess of $50,000. This typically signifies that inspectors grew tired after multiple years of failed government inspections.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home wound up receiving a a very poor grade in our short-term care category. It was given an F in this category. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Given its grade in this category, we were not stunned to find that this nursing home is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home. This was quite a bit below the national average.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. Nursing scores are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This place averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we graded was long-term care, where this nursing home received a poor grade here as well. It received a lowly F for this category, which is obviously a major disappointment. Nursing homes that do not fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were disappointed to learn that this nursing home vaccinated just 88.21138 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 4.81% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients exhibiting signs of depression. High rates of depression could imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 94.64% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Fortress Nursing and Rehabilitation, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- College Station Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.54 miles away1604 Rock Prairie Road College Station Texas 77842Proprietary(979) 764-5151
- Physicians Centre,TheAcute Care Hospitals 4.85 miles away3131 University Drive East Bryan Texas 77802Proprietary(979) 731-3100
- Grimes St Joseph Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.37 miles away210 Judson St Navasota Texas 77868Voluntary non-profit - Church(936) 825-6585
Nearby Dialysis
- Gambro Healthcare Rock Prairie Road0.71 miles away1724 Birmingham Road College Station Texas 77845CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (979) 764-6500
- Liberty Dialysis College Station0.78 miles away3314 Longmire Drive College Station Texas 77845Dialysis Stations: 16 (979) 314-1560
- College Station Dialysis5.5 miles away1640 Briarcrest Drive Ste 100 Bryan Texas 77802CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (979) 260-4908
- Liberty Dialysis Bryan6.23 miles away2390 E 29th Street Bryan Texas 77802CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (979) 314-1550
- Us Renal Care Bryan Dialysis7.43 miles away1612 North Texas Bryan Texas 77803Dialysis Stations: 17 (979) 822-4613