Barnsdall Nursing Home

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in nursing, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. We weighed the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses worked with residents, in determining our grade in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving a resident at least once a day.

We also would like to point out the fact that this facility was awarded a high-end grade of A- in our long-term care category. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 89.21568 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is a few points less than we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, at least this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Moving on to another of this facility's strengths, it also earned a very impressive inspection rating. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The next area we graded is this nursing home's poorest area. Nevertheless, even its lowest point would be a highlight for many facilities. In fact, we gave it a strong grade of B for our short-term care category. Our short-term care scores are believed to be more important for those requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.