Goldthwaite Health & Rehab Center

One of the reasons this ended up being a quality facility is that it earned an impressive inspection rating. Inspections is its best category. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received a fine long-term care score. We awarded them a strong strong of A in this area. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The next category we looked at is short-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of B- in this area. Short-term care grades are typically employed to gauge a facility's rehabilitation services In order to offer highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. We weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

The last area we graded was this nursing home's poorest area. However, even in its worst category we still awarded it a respectable grade of C in our nursing category. Our nursing grade is based on a handful of factors, however, the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is well below average. Lastly, while this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this area.