Westchase Health and Rehabilitation Center
8820 Town Park Dr, Houston TX 77036 · (713) 777-7241 · 72.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Westchase Health and Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Houston, Texas. With a really poor overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. If you aren't happy with this nursing home, you should be able to find another option in Houston, as the city has more than 25 nursing homes. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 180 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second most favorable category was short-term care, but it still received a grade of just D in that category. This turns out to be a relatively poor score. Our short-term care grades are considered to be most important for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. In this facility's case, we found that it provides far less registered nurse hours per patient than the typical nursing home. Given its grade in this area, this did not surprise us. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well in this area. In fact, we found that just 39.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Our nursing score includes quite a few subcategories, many of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is slightly below the national average. Unfortunately, this facility also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based measures to pair with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This place was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this measure.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we rated is long-term care. We gave it an abysmal F in this category, which is a poor score. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.5567 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this facility also was not as bad as we expected at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Although it had 2.12 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was not bad due to it having more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westchase Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents which suffered a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents which are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better