Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur is a senior living facility in Port Arthur, Texas, which has 53,986 people. With a really poor overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Port Arthur. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is discussed in the next section.
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Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
While this place's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. We believe that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't rate too badly in the area of long-term care. In fact, we awarded it a C in that category, which happens to be another one of its better scores. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the skilled nursing and medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility provided the vaccine to 94.34629 percent of its patients, which is a very solid figure. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. The nursing score is based on many components, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This number is quite a bit below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these metrics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we rated is short-term care. This nursing home was given a very poor grade of F in that area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Not surprisingly, we found that this place provides significantly less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 11.96% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 4.95% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 10.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 30.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 1.54% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 96.11% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 12.5% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 12.45% of Residents
This is the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 12.45% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 9.96% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 86.99% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- The Medical Center of Southeast TexasAcute Care Hospitals 1.25 miles away2555 Jimmy Johnson Blvd Port Arthur Texas 77640Physician(409) 853-5900
- Baptist Beaumont HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.81 miles away3080 College Street Beaumont Texas 77701Voluntary non-profit - Private(409) 212-5012
- Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethAcute Care Hospitals 14.12 miles away2830 Calder Avenue Beaumont Texas 77702Voluntary non-profit - Private(409) 892-7171
Nearby Dialysis
- Renal Center of Nederland, LLC1.54 miles away8797 9th Avenue Port Arthur Texas 77642CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (409) 729-2212
- Renal Center of Port Arthur, LLC3.34 miles away3730 Dryden Rd Port Arthur Texas 77642CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (409) 983-4110
- Beaumont Kidney Center13.73 miles away1085 S. 23rd Street Beaumont Texas 77707Dialysis Stations: 30 (409) 840-2020
- Bio-Medical Applications of Texas, Inc.13.98 miles away2755 Liberty Street Beaumont Texas 77702Dialysis Stations: 23 (409) 839-8204
- Renal Center of Beaumont14.15 miles away3050 Liberty Street Beaumont Texas 77702CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (409) 838-6602
- Golden Triangle Dialysis Center14.43 miles away1020 N 14th Street Beaumont Texas 77702CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (409) 832-8423
- Bio-Medical Applications of Texas, Inc15.83 miles away1301 S Martin Luther King Dr Orange Texas 77630Dialysis Stations: 9 (409) 886-7714
- Renal Center of Orange, LLC16.25 miles away280 Strickland Drive Orange Texas 77630Dialysis Stations: 16 (409) 883-4001