Poteet Manor

This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A in this category. Our inspection grades are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This facility also received a positive long-term care score. Indeed, we awarded them a B in that category, which is one of our better. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.43 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.

The next area we assessed is short-term care, where this facility received a grade of C in this area. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The more important thing is determining what bearing this had on quality of care. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of patients that were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Moving on to our next area, this nursing home really did not fare very well. Due to an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this is this nursing home's worst category. Nursing grades are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is slightly below the national average. On top of being below average in nursing hours per resident, this facility also had poor marks in the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This facility was at about 1.5 times the national average in both of these statistics. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. These scores pulled down this facility's nursing rating significantly.