Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center is a large nursing home in Fort Worth, Texas. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a lower end nursing home. Fortunately, if you aren't impressed with this facility, there are countless other options available in this city. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection grade. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category scores
Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
5300 Alta Mesa Blvd,
Fort Worth TX 76133
47.52% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
Although we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a B for our inspections rating. This grade is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. Nursing grades are primarily based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, we also considered some quality-based metrics in this category. Although this nursing home didn't rank well in terms of nursing hours, it fared much better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the number of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than average. This is usually a good indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented with better nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third most favorable category turned out to be its long-term care score, where it was awarded a C. In a long-term care environment, the facility'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. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.723755 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.15 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is short-term care. This facility was given an abysmal grade of F in this area. In the category of short-term care, we try to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Not surprisingly, we learned that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the typical facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 45 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 7.96% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an indicator of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 3.3% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 1.63% of Patients had UTIs
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents that experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 11.7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 22.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 4.7% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 95.06% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 17.37% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 17.98% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 1.58 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 17.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 11.91 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center, 66.67% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
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 A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
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