Querencia at Barton Creek
2500 Barton Creek Blvd, Austin TX 78735 · (512) 610-9400 · 95.6% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Querencia at Barton Creek is a small non-profit nursing home in Austin, Texas. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this nursing home number 176 in the country. This puts it in the top two percentile of all nursing homes. Even in a city featuring 28 nursing homes, this facility is appealing. As you can see below, this facility performed equally well in our category ratings. We gave it a straight A report card!
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
An additional reason we assessed this nursing home so highly is that it was given an A+ short-term care grade. This is just about as dominant as it gets in this area. With our short-term care rating, we endeavor to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. This place outperformed the overwhelming majority of facilities with 68.9 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at is long-term care. This nursing home also was given an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to be awarded several A+ category scores. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. One of the factors we considered in addition to this facility's quality nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for seniors. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.32 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The fourth area we scored was nursing, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of A. This completed a first-rate profile. Not many nursing homes received an A- or higher in every category. We assessed the qualifications of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses spent with patients, in calculating our score in this category. This place boasts a really impressive 5.1 hours of nursing care per patient each day, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing impressive levels of care, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With below five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any nursing home the nation in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Querencia at Barton Creek Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is 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 metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better