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The Buckingham

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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8530 Woodway Drive,
Houston TX 77063

(713) 979-3777

75.11% estimated occupancy 1

The Buckingham is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Houston, Texas. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road rating. This grade isn't too far off the city grade for Houston, which is a B-. One of the best aspects of this facility's profile is its stellar short-term care rating, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • No Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Other
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Texas Awards 2021

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

We gave this nursing home an A+ for our short-term care grade. This is much more impressive than the nursing home's overall score. Short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Turning to the category of nursing, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A in that area. Our nursing score is primarily based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving residents more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

We also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received a great long-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it one of our highest grades in this category with a score of A. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.25373 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the nursing home population. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Moving on our last category of inspections, this nursing home received an F in this area. This grade was very detrimental to this nursing home's overall grade. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection grade. We recommend you scrutinize the level of severity of those deficiencies. This facility had a deficiency on its inspection report. Fortunately, it was not in one of the categories that suggest that it caused a threat to resident safety or health. Lastly, we also would like to point out that this place was assessed large government fines amounting to more than $100,000. This often suggests that a bad performance spanned more than one year.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

The Buckingham Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In The Buckingham, 18.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In The Buckingham, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients who suffered falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In The Buckingham, 10.43% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In The Buckingham, 5.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In The Buckingham, 13.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In The Buckingham, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In The Buckingham, 98.97% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In The Buckingham, 13.51% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In The Buckingham, 8.51% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In The Buckingham, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In The Buckingham, 8.51% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In The Buckingham, 9.72% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In The Buckingham, 72.07% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

Scores for Houston, TX

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

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