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Bell Avenue Nursing Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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2301 Bell Avenue,
Elk City OK 73644

(580) 225-3335

55.99% estimated occupancy ¹

Please note our records indicate that Bell Avenue Nursing Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Bell Avenue Nursing Center is a nursing home in Elk City, Oklahoma, which has 14,147 people. Sporting an overall rating of C, this looks like a middle of the pack nursing home. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. Finally, this facility had an ownership change in the last year, so we'll have to see if that has any effect on its grades in the coming year.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Long-term Care Quality

Another one of this nursing home's more impressive category scores came in the category of long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

Turning to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing score. In fact, we gave this facility a grade of D. The nursing grade analyzes quite a few factors, most of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This place performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

The final area we graded was short-term care. Sadly, it received an F in this area, which is a rock bottom grade. This is obviously a significant concern. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to gauge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.2 percent of its residents returning home. This was well below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Bell Avenue Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 7.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 5.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This metric tells you the percentage of long-term care patients which have suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 2.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric indicates the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 21.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 0% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 100% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 15.32% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 12.17% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 12.17% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 19.18% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Bell Avenue Nursing Center, 84.68% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Great Plains Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.63 miles away1801 West 3rd Street Elk City Oklahoma 73644Voluntary non-profit - Private(580) 225-2511
Roger Mills Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.81 miles away501 South L L Males Avenue Cheyenne Oklahoma 73628Government - Hospital District or Authority(580) 497-3336