Twin Pines North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Twin Pines North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is one of five available facilities located in Victoria, Texas. This is a fine nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a very solid score. Indeed, this is better than most of the nursing homes in Victoria. You should also take a look at this facility's category grades below. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also received an elite long-term care score. We gave it one of our higher scores in that category, with an A+. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to avoid negative health outcomes for the elderly population. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.8 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as strong as most of its other scores in this category, this number can be skewed for some nursing homes based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of patients.

Adding to its impressive category grades, we gave this facility an A- for inspections. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Turning to our next category, this facility also earned a score of B for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our short-term care grade is generally used to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services To offer highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. This place performed as well as just about any facility in Texas in this metric with 60 percent of its patients returning home. At most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay patients are able to return home.

Turning to our last area, this facility was awarded a respectable nursing grade of C. The nursing rating is based on many components, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. With 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient per day, this facility surpassed the national average. We also look at the skill levels of nurses and add more weight to hours worked by skilled nurses. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.