El Reno Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center

The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our higher grades in that category, with an A-. This is a much better score than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. This facility was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

We also gave this nursing home a favorable grade in long-term care. This facility received a B in this category, which turns out to be one of our higher grades. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 93.87755 percent of its patients. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of C. The nursing grade assesses several subcategories, however, the main one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this area. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning residents more often.

The final area we looked at is short-term care, which is this facility's worst category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that area. Unfortunately, this grade hurt the facility's overall profile to some degree. Short-term care scores are important for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home.