Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized facility located in Comfort, Texas. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a well below average facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Comfort. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Although we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. This grade is much better than the facility's overall grade. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this facility just a D for our short-term care score and that actually turned out to be its next best category. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is often a fair measure of a facility's rehabilitation. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. The nursing grade assesses several components, but the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the final category, we awarded this facility a D for the area of long-term care. This was the facility's worst category rating. For patients looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.12% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who had a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients which experienced urinary tract infections. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 32.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 36.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percent of long-term care patients that were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 98.81% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.77% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.92% of Residents
This is the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.92% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.55% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Comfort Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 87.26% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Peterson Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.59 miles away551 Hill Country Drive Kerrville Texas 78028Voluntary non-profit - Private(830) 896-4200
- Hill Country Memorial Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 19.94 miles away1020 South State Highway 16 Fredericksburg Texas 78624Voluntary non-profit - Private(830) 997-4353
Nearby Dialysis
- Kerrville Dialysis15.34 miles away515-a Granada Kerrville Texas 78028Dialysis Stations: 16 (830) 257-8734
- Boerne Dialysis Center17.13 miles away1369 Main Street Boerne Texas 78006Dialysis Stations: 12 (830) 249-1491
- Us Renal Care Boerne Dialysis18 miles away1595 South Main Suite 107 Boerne Texas 78006Dialysis Stations: 16 (830) 816-3030