Park Manor Bee Cave

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

This nursing home also was awarded a strong long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 98.50746 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The third most favorable area we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. In computing our short-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

The last category we rated was nursing, which turned out to be this facility's weakest area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that area. Unfortunately, this score hurt the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. We analyzed the levels of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses spent with patients, in calculating our score in this category. This facility averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is well below average. Although this facility's nursing hours are below average, it surprised us in a few of the qualitative metrics in this category. In particular, we were pleased to find that its residents are experiencing fewer pressure ulcers than the national average.