Allen Oaks Nursing and Rehab Center

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

This facility also received a strong score in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B in this category. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.64285 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly can be a deadly ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Unfortunately, this nursing home only earned a grade of D for its short-term care score, which is not a very good score. In determining our short-term care grades, we size up the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is generally a solid assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Based on its grade in this category, we weren't stunned to discover that this place is well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Moving on to our fourth area, we awarded this nursing home a D in the area of nursing. This is the facility's weakest category score. There are several factors included in this category. Many of these factors relate to nurse staffing. This facility provided a meager 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This number is far below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.