First Shamrock Care Center is a small nursing home located in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. This facility received an overall grade of F. This place is just about as bad as it gets. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
First Shamrock Care 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 Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this place's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also stunned to find that this nursing home received a somewhat respectable long-term care score this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Long-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of nursing care. This means a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 88 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is several points lower than what we expected. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also didn't perform too badly in the area of short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a C in that category, which happens to be among its higher grades. In crafting our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.
Nurse Quality
The final category we graded was nursing, which ended up being this facility's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that area. Nursing grades are primarily tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This place provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
First Shamrock Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In First Shamrock Care Center, 8.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents which are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In First Shamrock Care Center, 4.39% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In First Shamrock Care Center, 3.49% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In First Shamrock Care Center, 24.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In First Shamrock Care Center, 3.91% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In First Shamrock Care Center, 92.49% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In First Shamrock Care Center, 14.12% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In First Shamrock Care Center, 14.93% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In First Shamrock Care Center, 1.77 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In First Shamrock Care Center, 14.93 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.