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Ballard Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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201 West 5th Street,
Ada OK 74820

(580) 436-1414

67.8% estimated occupancy 1

Ballard Nursing Center is one of just a few available facilities in Ada, Oklahoma. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade of this caliber requires some decent scores. As As it turns out, this is actually rated as the best facility in Ada. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its exemplary inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Individual
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Oncology Care
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection score. Its inspection grade was far better than its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave this facility a grade of A+. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category grades was in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a B. It actually performed better than most nursing homes in this category. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 62.22222 percent of its residents. This is slightly less than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Another strength of this nursing home is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of D. Our nursing rating analyzes quite a few datapoints, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This place averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This place performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these metrics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last area we scored was short-term care. It received an F in this area, which is an abysmal grade. This is obviously a major concern. With our short-term care grade, we strive to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.1 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Ballard Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Ballard Nursing Center, 16.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of long-term care residents who have pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Ballard Nursing Center, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percent of long-term residents that suffered a fall resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Ballard Nursing Center, 9.94% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Ballard Nursing Center, 16.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Ballard Nursing Center, 7.75% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Ballard Nursing Center, 0.63% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms. Some experts believe that this is a measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Ballard Nursing Center, 66.17% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Ballard Nursing Center, 7.75% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Ballard Nursing Center, 13.58% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Ballard Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Ballard Nursing Center, 13.58% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Ballard Nursing Center, 7.8% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mercy Hospital AdaAcute Care Hospitals 2.63 miles away430 North Monte Vista Ada Oklahoma 74820Voluntary non-profit - Private(580) 332-2323
  • Chickasaw Nation Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.57 miles away1921 Stonecipher Blvd Ada Oklahoma 74820Voluntary non-profit - Other(580) 436-3980

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmcna - Ada Dialysis Ctr0.66 miles away324 Nw j.A. Richardson Loop Ada Oklahoma 74820Dialysis Stations: 21 (580) 421-9131