Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center
5300 Alta Mesa Blvd, Fort Worth TX 76133 · (817) 346-1800 · 67.72% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center is a large nursing home in Fort Worth, Texas. Featuring an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. Fortunately, if you aren't impressed with this facility, there are countless other options available in this city. We were surprised to find that this facility actually received one respectable category grade in inspections, which you can read more about below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 198 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. 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
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an D. Our nursing score is mostly based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged just 3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Lastly, we also looked at some quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home was above average in two of the major statistics we considered, with good scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These statistics are usually good measures of the quality of nursing care available.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second worse score was long-term care, where it received a grade of just D in that area. This is a relatively poor score. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.4012 percent of its patients, which is more than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home fared much worse with 2.86 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this statistic is nearly twice the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed was short-term care. This facility received an abysmal grade of F in this area. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is often a useful assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Based on its grade in this category, we were not stunned to find that this place was well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 39.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ft Worth Southwest Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
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.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
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.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
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.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
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.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
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.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better