Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
2628 Milam,
Huntsville TX 77340
50.65% estimated occupancy 1
Huntsville Health Care Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Huntsville, Texas. Sporting an overall rating of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. As far as we can see, this facility is a solid choice for quite a few people. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.
The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an A. This is a notably better score than the facility's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In that area, we awarded this facility an B. Our nursing score is based on a variety of datapoints. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
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Unfortunately, this facility's next best category was long-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed relatively poorly. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities offer. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated just 42.22222 percent of its patients for pneumonia. We were stunned with the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 3.52 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is more than double the national average. This is definitely a concerning figure.
This facility's weakest area is short-term care, which is the last area we analyzed. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this area. Despite multiple solid scores in other areas, this score is still of a concern so we wanted to make sure you are aware. Our short-term care grade is often used to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to offer good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. With a grade this poor for this area, we were not stunned to learn this facility was well below average in many staffing areas we looked at. The facility offered far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 35.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 7.96% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 3.3% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care residents that suffered falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 1.63% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 11.7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 22.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 4.7% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 95.06% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 17.37% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 17.98% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 1.58 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 17.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 11.91 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
In Huntsville Health Care Center, 66.67% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.
