Century Oak Care Center

The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection grade. In fact, its inspection score was far better than its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave it an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that area, we awarded this facility an B-. When computing our nursing grades, we assess both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is significantly below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. While this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a resident more often.

We also awarded this facility a middle of the pack score in the category of long-term care, where it received a C. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable datapoint. This place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This facility's worst area was short-term care, which is the last category we assessed. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this area. Despite some solid scores in other areas, this score is still of a concern so we would like to to make sure you are aware. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is frequently a reliable assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this place offers significantly less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.7 percent of its patients returning home. This was quite a bit below average.