Spanish Meadows
440 E Ruben Torres Blvd, Brownsville TX 78520 · (956) 546-7378 · 91.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Spanish Meadows is an average-sized nursing home located in Brownsville, Texas. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some decent marks. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. We discuss long-term care in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
This place's long-term care rating is more impressive than its overall grade. Due to a strong performance in this category, it earned one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B+. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 97.87798 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. The last datapoint we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Although it had 2.39 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was close to the national average due to it having some more complex patients.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection scores are tied to items found on the a nursing home's government inspections. Facilities that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facilities next best category is short-term care. We awarded it a B- in this area. This is essentially a middle of the road grade in this category. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This place outperformed most nursing homes in this metric with 57 percent of its patients returning home. This really bolstered its score in this area.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our last area, this facility did not fare very well. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in nursing, this was this nursing home's weakest grade. Our nursing grade is mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. Unfortunately, this nursing home also had abysmal scores in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its weak nursing hour totals. We looked at the percent of residents suffering pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this measure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Spanish Meadows Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident 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 thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better