Post Nursing & Rehab Center
605 W 7th St, Post TX 79356 · (806) 495-2848 · 45.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Post Nursing & Rehab Center is a small government-owned facility located in Post, Texas. Featuring an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Post. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 75 Beds
CCRC :
Government - Hospital district
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. We believe that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of those 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. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't grade out too badly in the area of long-term care. In fact, we gave it a grade of C in that category, which is among its better scores. In the category of long-term care, we focus more on the amount of care provided by a nursing home, as opposed to more healthcare-oriented services. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this nursing home vaccinated just 90.67796 percent of its residents against pneumonia. The last statistic we looked at was its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this facility had a relatively high 4.12 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Neither its vaccination record nor its hospitalization rate were strengths for this nursing home in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we graded is short-term care. This facility's received a rock-bottom short-term care score where it received an F. Short-term care grades are generally employed to gauge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to offer good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this place provides substantially less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we assessed was nursing. It received an abysmal F in this category, which is an abysmal score. The nursing score features numerous factors. The most important factor is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. With a meager 2.6 hours of nursing care per resident each day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were far below the national average. Unfortunately, this facility also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based measures to go along with its low nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This facility was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this metric. This is a bad sign when you consider that many pressure ulcers are preventable with better nursing care. This statistic helped pull down this facility's nursing score quite a bit.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Post Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients which had falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better