Juliette Fowler Communities
1260 Abrams Rd, Dallas TX 75214 · (214) 827-0813 · 112.99% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Juliette Fowler Communities is in Dallas, Texas. This city is among the largest metropolitan areas in the nation with has a total of 1,263,321 people. This is a decent facility with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Dallas. Even in a city featuring 35 nursing homes, this one looks like a respectable option. We were also pleased to find that this place was consistent in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about its category grades can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 30 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A+. Few facilities performed better in this category. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we also would like to note that this nursing home was given positive long-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our more impressive scores in this category, with a B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second highest grade. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 96.15385 percent of its residents, which is more than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.91 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as impressive as most of its other scores in this area, this figure may be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of residents.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was short-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of B- in this category. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is often a solid measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that it also performed well in this metric with 63 percent of its patients returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Nurse Quality
The last category we rated is nursing. This facility received a grade of C in the category. The nursing score includes numerous subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, although this facility did not rank well in terms of its nursing hours, it fared much better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, this nursing home fared better than average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Juliette Fowler Communities Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall leading to major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better