Texas nursing homes rank 49th in quality of care
AUSTIN Texas is near the bottom among the states in the quality of nursing home care, according to a study being released Thursday by AARP.
Although the report gave Texas an overall ranking of 30th in long-term services and support systems for those in need, the state was 49th in the quality of care in nursing homes.
That low ranking stemmed in large part from high staff turnover and the unusually large number of nursing home residents who receive antipsychotic medications.
In 2010, the most recent year for which employment numbers are available, Texas nursing homes had a staff turnover rate of 72 percent. The national turnover rate for nursing homes was 38 percent.
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