Spring Branch Transitional Care Center

Unfortunately, we did not have many positive things to say about this nursing home's overall grade or its category scores. This place's best category was nursing. Nevertheless, with a grade of just D in this area, it still performed relatively poorly. The nursing grade consists of quite a few factors, but the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. 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. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This place fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This nursing home's next most favorable category is long-term care, but even there it received just a D in that area. This ended up being a relatively poor grade. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility administered the vaccine to 97.595474 percent of its patients, which is a very solid total. To our surprise, this facility also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Unfortunately, this facility received a lowly F for its inspection rating. This is a particularly important category. Scores in this range typically point to some red flags on the facility's inspections. We would advise paying close attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection score. We suggest you pay close attention to the severity of the deficiencies. This particular facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they posed a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

The final area we graded is short-term care. It received an F for this area, which is a bottom of the barrel grade. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. With a grade this poor for this category, we were not stunned to learn this place was well below average in the two key staffing metrics we focus on. The facility offered far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 3.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.