Gibson Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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931 N Broadway,
Aspermont TX 79502

(940) 989-3526

66.6% estimated occupancy ¹

Gibson Care Center is a small hospital-based facility in Aspermont, Texas. This nursing home turns out to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our assessment, you can do much worse than this nursing home. This facility is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Other

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Facility Inspections

To pair with its strong overall grade, this facility earned a grade of B+ for its inspections rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Another quality feature for this nursing home is that it received a very positive short-term care grade. Indeed, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

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Nurse Quality

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing rating weighs several datapoints, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

The last category we analyzed is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of B- in this area. For residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. One of the data points we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.13793 percent of its residents. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Gibson Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Gibson Care Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Gibson Care Center, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure measures the percent of long-term stay residents who experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Gibson Care Center, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who have had a UTI. While more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Gibson Care Center, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Gibson Care Center, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Gibson Care Center, 4.81% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Gibson Care Center, 94.64% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Gibson Care Center, 17.1% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.