Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur is a senior living facility in Port Arthur, Texas, which has 53,986 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of C. A score in this range requires some decent scores. This place seems to have a few things going for it. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - City/county
- 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
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this nursing home outperformed its overall grade in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best scores in this area with an A. Our inspection grades weigh 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. Places with higher scores in this area generally have very few severe 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded an impressive grade in our long-term care category. We awarded this facility a better than average grade of B+ in that area. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Tragically, we gave this facility an F for its short-term care score. Our short-term care grade is often employed to score a facility's rehabilitation services To provide highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Considering its score in this area, we were not surprised to find that this nursing home was well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we looked at. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 5.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded is nursing. We gave it an F for this area, which is a very poor score. This is certainly a significant concern. When computing our nursing scores, we assess both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. This facility performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
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, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 4.81% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 94.64% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gulf Health Care Center Port Arthur, 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior 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