Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land is located in Houston, Texas, which is among the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B+. This turned out to be one of the top twenty nursing homes facilities in Houston. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this place. This place also received very consistent ratings in all four of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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Facility Inspections
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. Our inspection grades are tied to several datapoints 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 endangerment of patients. It doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Without having access to the information regarding deficiencies for this nursing home, it was a challenge to really evaluate it in the area of inspections.
Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning residents at least once a day.
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Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also was awarded favorable short-term care grades this year. In fact, we gave them one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a score of B+. In our short-term care assessment, we try to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we scored was long-term care, where we gave it an above average grade of B. This facility really doesn't have any weak links. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 92.134834 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is somewhat less than we expected but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who have experienced UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 11.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 22.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 4.81% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 94.64% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 17.1% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 16.36% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 1.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Richard A. Anderson (State of Texas Veterans Land, 16.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Scores for Houston, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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