Silver Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
503 Old Austin Highway, Bastrop TX 78602 · (512) 321-6220 · 83.15% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Silver Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home in Bastrop, Texas. Our grading scheme was not favorable to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall grade of F. This facility is about as bad as it gets. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection grade. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category grades
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 114 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it actually received an impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that category with an A-. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Surprisingly, we awarded this facility a grade of C for its long-term care rating, which isn't too bad of a score. Our long-term care grade assesses a nursing home's personal care instead of the skilled therapy and healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 99.66888 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.27 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Our nursing grade is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provided just 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is an alarmingly low total. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home was above average in two of the major metrics we focus on, with solid marks for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our final area, this nursing home really did not fare well in this category either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in short-term care, this is about as terrible as it gets. Our short-term care ratings are probably more critical for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. As you might expect, we found that this place offers significantly less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 38.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Silver Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates 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 indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better