Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation is a facility in Checotah, Oklahoma. The city has 9,891 people. This nursing home proved to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our assessment, this facility ought to meet the needs of most people. Fortunately, this facility did not have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
This nursing home received a strong overall grade as discussed above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent nursing grade. We awarded them a grade of A- in this area. In calculating our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. In calculating our short-term care scores, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is considered to be a reliable measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received a favorable long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our better scores in that area with a grade of B+. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 94.82759 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death illness for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
Lastly, we looked at this nursing home's inspection score This did not end up being one of this facility's stronger areas. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This isn't a horrible score in this category. It simply wasn't at the same level as some of this nursing home's other category grades. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite minor. This place was hit with 7 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but none were in categories G through L. This tells you that it dodged the more significant classes of deficiencies. We did not find anything on this nursing home's inspection report to be overly alarming.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 8.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 4.39% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who suffered falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.49% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 14.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 24.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.91% of Patients
This is the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 92.49% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 14.12% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 14.93% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 1.77 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 14.93 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Checotah Nursing & Rehabilitation, 14.86 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
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