Binger Nursing and Rehabilitation

Binger Nursing and Rehabilitation is a small nursing home in Binger, Oklahoma. Featuring an overall score of B+, this looks like a strong facility. In fact, this facility is one of the top 50 facilities in Oklahoma. Fortunately, this facility did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. The last statistic we looked at was the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 1.83 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is middle of the pack in this area.

This facility also received a virtually flawless inspection. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that area with an A+. This is one of the few facilities to receive multiple A+'s. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this category tend to have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of C in this category is by no means a bad score. Nursing grades are tied to nurse staffing levels. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also considered some quality-based assessments. This facility scored well in a few of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place outpaced the national average.

The final category we scored was short-term care. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a solid grade of C. This is this nursing home's weakest category. Short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was a much stronger area for this facility. We found that it outperformed most facilities in this metric with 56.9 percent of its patients returning home.