Willis Nursing and Rehabilitation

Willis Nursing and Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home in Willis, Texas. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a relatively poor nursing home. This wasn't the worse nursing home we looked at, however, we'd still be very reluctant to recommend it. This facility's only redeeming quality is its inspection grade, which we provide more information on below.

While we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it an A+ for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the nursing home's overall score. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid facilities with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Moving on to the category of long-term care, this facility received just a D in that area. As it turns out, this ended up being one of its better grades. For residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place fared much worse with 3.23 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, this figure is nearly twice the national average.

We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. Our nursing grade analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provided just 2.9 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is an alarmingly low total. This place also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and we were very disappointed. This place was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this metric. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. This statistic helped pull down this facility's nursing grade significantly.

The last category we scored was short-term care. This facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that category. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to craft a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 33.2 percent of its patients returning home.