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The Brazos of Waco

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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2430 Market Place Drive,
Waco TX 76711

(254) 981-7900

50.89% estimated occupancy 1

The Brazos of Waco is located in Waco, Texas. The city has a total of 148,766 people. Sporting an overall rating of D, this is a subpar nursing home. Unfortunately, this grade isn't too far off the city grade for Waco, which is a C. Nevertheless, you still may be able to find a better option Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection reports. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

While we were fairly low on this facility overall, we awarded it an A- for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Our inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these reports. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities that have severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This facility's next most respectable category is short-term care, but it still received just a D in that category. This turns out to be a relatively poor score. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Based on its score in this category, we were not stunned to discover that this nursing home was well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the figures we looked at. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 5.2 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to the category of long-term care, this nursing home was awarded a grade of just D in this category. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 97.01492 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The final area we scored is nursing. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this category. The nursing score weighs several components, but the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Unfortunately, this place also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its low nursing hour totals. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This facility was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this metric. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that so many pressure ulcers could be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic helped pull down this nursing home's nursing score significantly.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

The Brazos of Waco Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In The Brazos of Waco, 10.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay residents which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In The Brazos of Waco, 1.49% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In The Brazos of Waco, 2.25% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In The Brazos of Waco, 3.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In The Brazos of Waco, 18.97% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In The Brazos of Waco, 7.69% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. High rates of depression could indicate worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In The Brazos of Waco, 98.04% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In The Brazos of Waco, 22.75% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In The Brazos of Waco, 18.9% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In The Brazos of Waco, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In The Brazos of Waco, 18.9% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In The Brazos of Waco, 16.97% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In The Brazos of Waco, 55.51% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Waco, TX

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of D
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? Waco, Texas has 7 other nursing homes

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Nearby Dialysis

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