Chickasha Nursing Center is a small nursing home located in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this is clearly a very impressive nursing home. We ranked this facility in the top 50 nursing homes in Oklahoma. As you will find below, this facility also performed well in our category ratings. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
Chickasha Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
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 - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its strong overall grade, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its strong assessment, this nursing home also was given a dominant short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. It doesn't appear that this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is long-term care. This nursing home was given an impressive long-term care score, with a grade of B+ in the category. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The last category we looked at is nursing. This facility received a very good nursing score this year, with a B. While this was not quite as good as many of its other grades, this remains one of our more impressive grades for this area. Our nursing score consists of quite a few factors, many of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Oklahoma in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning a patient more often.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chickasha Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 8.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 4.39% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall resulting in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 3.49% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who suffered from a UTI. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 14.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 24.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 3.91% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 92.49% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 14.12% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 14.93% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 1.77 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Chickasha Nursing Center, 14.93 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Scores for Chickasha, OK
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Chickasha, Oklahoma has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- The Physicians' Hospital in AnadarkoCritical Access Hospitals 16.47 miles away1002 E Central Blvd Anadarko Oklahoma 73005Voluntary non-profit - Private(405) 247-8236
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Chickasha Dialysis Ctr2.29 miles away228 S 29th St Chickasha Oklahoma 73018Dialysis Stations: 8 (405) 224-9901
- Davita - Anadarko17.35 miles away412 Se 11th Anadarko Oklahoma 73005Dialysis Stations: 10 (405) 247-2299