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Songbird Lodge

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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2500 Songbird Cir,
Brownwood TX 76801

(325) 646-4750

60.82% estimated occupancy ¹

Songbird Lodge is one of five available facilities in Brownwood, Texas. This is a fine nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a very solid grade. This will likely be on your short list in Brownwood as we ranked it as one of the three best nursing homes in the city. The best aspect of this facility's impressive report card was its inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next section

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Government - Hospital district
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry

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Facility Inspections

In addition to earning a great overall grade, this facility fared even better in our inspections category which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspections. In fact, we gave it an A+ for this area, which is one of our best grades. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this category. With our short-term care category, we try to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

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Long-term Care Quality

This facility received a strong long-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area with a score of B. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly can be a life threatening condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

The final area we analyzed was nursing, which turned out to be this facility's weakest area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that category. Of course, this category hurt the nursing home's overall grade a bit. Nursing grades are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. While this nursing home's nursing hours are below average, it actually surprised us in some of the qualitative metrics in this category. In particular, we were pleased to find that its patients appear to be suffering fewer pressure ulcers than most nursing homes.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Songbird Lodge Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Songbird Lodge, 3.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Songbird Lodge, 5.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents which have sustained falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Songbird Lodge, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Songbird Lodge, 11.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Songbird Lodge, 25.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Songbird Lodge, 3.2% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Songbird Lodge, 100% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Songbird Lodge, 10.81% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Hospitalizations

In Songbird Lodge, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Songbird Lodge, 0% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Songbird Lodge, 15.02% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.