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CHRISTUS Health Quality Report -
Nursing Care Centers

At CHRISTUS Health, we understand that deciding on a nursing care center for you or your loved one is often a difficult and emotional experience. Therefore, we believe that prospective residents and their families should have the best information possible to make this decision.

It may be helpful to examine the quality of care offered at the nursing care center. We believe that you can get a brief, overall snapshot of this from the quality data listed below. It comes from resident assessment data that nursing homes routinely collect on all residents at specified intervals during their stay. The information collected pertains to the residents' physical and clinical conditions and abilities as well as preferences and life care wishes.

However, these quality measures are only one component to consider when deciding on a nursing care center. In addition to the quality measures, you should consider:

Whether or not the nursing home meets your specific needs (like an Alzheimer's unit, for example);
Other information available on the center, including facility characteristics and inspection results;
Calling your State Survey Agency or Long-Term Care Ombudsman for additional information (see Nursing Care Center Resources) and
Visiting nursing homes in order to meet the care team (like nurses, certified nursing assistants, and therapists), watch the care that is given, and see firsthand the quality of living conditions and the general nursing home environment.

It is important to visit nursing care centers before making a final choice. Some may have higher percentages on these measures because of the types of residents they serve. You may wish to take the tables below with you when you visit. Feel free to ask the nursing homes about their percentages. Click here to view other Resources that might be helpful when choosing a nursing home.

Click here to view these measures by facility.
Click here for Resources that may be helpful when choosing a Nursing Care Center

Key

Better than U.S. average

Near U.S. average

Below U.S. average

# - Too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic
blank - does not apply
italic number - no comparative data

Nursing Care Center Long-Stay Quality Measures*	Desired Indicator Score	CHRISTUS Nursing Care Center Indicator	U.S. average
Percent of Long-Stay Residents Given Influenza Vaccination During the Flu Season	100	90	87
Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Were Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination	100	47	75
Percent of Long-Stay Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased	0	16	16
Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain	0	3	5
Percent of High-Risk, Long-Stay Residents Who Have Pressure Sores	0	12	12
Percent of Low-Risk, Long-Stay Residents Who Have Pressure Sores	0	#	2
Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Were Physically Restrained	0	3	6
Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious	0	9	14
Percent of Low-Risk, Long-Stay Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder	0	40	48
Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder	0	6	6
Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair	0	13	4
Percent of Long-Stay Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse	0	10	12
Percent of Long-Stay Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection	0	8	9
Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight	0	3	8
We are interested in your feedback and questions. Please send email to: QualityReports@christushealth.org to let us know if this is helpful, or if you need something you can't find here. *The indicator percentage includes only patients whose history and condition indicate the treatment is appropriate. Talk to your doctor if you have questions about your treatment.

Nursing Care Center Short-Stay Quality Measures*	Desired Indicator Score	CHRISTUS Nursing Care Center Indicator	U.S. average
Percent of Short-Stay Residents Given Influenza Vaccination During the Flu Season	100	80	73
Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Were Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination	100	41	66
Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium	0	1	2
Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain	0	8.5	22
Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores	0	12	17
We are interested in your feedback and questions. Please send email to: QualityReports@christushealth.org to let us know if this is helpful, or if you need something you can't find here. *The indicator percentage includes only patients whose history and condition indicate the treatment is appropriate. Talk to your doctor if you have questions about your treatment.