Parkwood is a senior living facility located in Bedford, Texas. This city has a total of 46,885 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A score of this caliber requires some solid scores. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. We were also pleased to discover that this place received consistently decent grades in all of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Parkwood
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled at short-term care, with an impressive grade of A- in this category. This really boosted its overall score. Our short-term care grade is often employed to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also excelled in inspections, where it earned an B+. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. When calculating a facility's nursing score, we look at the quantity of hours nurses are caring for patients as well as the level of licensure of the 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 looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. While this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this statistic. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a patient even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at is long-term care. This facility received a C in the category. In forming these long-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's personal care services. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home provided the vaccine to only 59.58549 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Parkwood Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Parkwood , 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Parkwood , 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Parkwood , 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Parkwood , 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term residents which were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Parkwood , 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Parkwood , 4.81% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression could imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Parkwood , 94.64% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Parkwood , 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Parkwood , 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Parkwood , 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Parkwood , 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Parkwood , 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Parkwood , 66.86% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Bedford, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Bedford, Texas has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Texas Health HebAcute Care Hospitals 0.16 miles away1600 Hospital Parkway Bedford Texas 76022Voluntary non-profit - Private(817) 848-4000
- Saint Camillus Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.79 miles away1612 Hurst Town Center Drive Hurst Texas 76054Proprietary(817) 519-3700
- Medical City North HillsAcute Care Hospitals 5.1 miles away4401 Booth Calloway Road North Richland Hills Texas 76180Proprietary(817) 255-1000
- Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.59 miles away800 W Randol Mill Rd Arlington Texas 76012Voluntary non-profit - Private(817) 548-6100
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineAcute Care Hospitals 7.41 miles away1650 W College St Grapevine Texas 76051Voluntary non-profit - Private(817) 481-1588
- Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital SouthlakeAcute Care Hospitals 7.55 miles away1545 E Southlake Blvd Southlake Texas 76092Government - State(817) 748-8700
- Medical City ArlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 9.59 miles away3301 Matlock Road Arlington Texas 76015Proprietary(817) 465-3241
- Baylor Medical Center at IrvingAcute Care Hospitals 9.68 miles away1901 N Macarthur Blvd Irving Texas 75061Voluntary non-profit - Private(972) 579-8100
Nearby Dialysis
- Ameri-Tech Kidney Center-Bedford LLC0.45 miles away1600 Central Drive Suite 130 Bedford Texas 76022Dialysis Stations: 20 (817) 540-6084
- Heb Dialysis Center1.06 miles away1809 Forest Ridge Drive Bedford Texas 76022CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (817) 545-4509
- Mid Cities Dialysis Center2.91 miles away117 East Harwood Road Hurst Texas 76054Dialysis Stations: 12 (817) 656-2843
- Greater Irving I Regional Dialysis Center, LLC4.71 miles away1950 Ne Green Oaks Blvd Suite 190 Arlington Texas 76006Dialysis Stations: 24 (817) 460-0510
- North Hills Dialysis4.97 miles away7927 Boulevard 26 North Richland Hills Texas 76180Dialysis Stations: 15 (817) 605-9861
- North Arlington Dialysis5.36 miles away642 Lincoln Square Arlington Texas 76011Dialysis Stations: 19 (817) 542-0529
- Us Renal Care Tarrant Dialysis Arlington5.61 miles away203 W Randol Mill Rd Arlington Texas 76011CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (817) 275-7787
- Eastchase Dialysis Center5.62 miles away1451 Eastchase Parkway Fort Worth Texas 76120Dialysis Stations: 21 (817) 459-0372