Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center
620 Heathwood Drive, Albemarle NC 28001 · (704) 983-2686 · 88% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center is located in Albemarle, North Carolina. The city has 26,760 people. With an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Albemarle, which admittedly is admittedly a little below average nationally. The best part of this place's profile was its remarkable inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its decent overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A+ for its inspection grade. This grade is far better than the facility's overall rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received positive short-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our more favorable scores in this area, with a grade of B+. This proved to be the facility's second highest score. Our short-term care grades are likely more critical for folks needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of physical therapy per week to its residents. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in North Carolina in this area with 60.4 percent of its patients returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The third area we looked at is long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of C in this category. In calculating our long-term care grades, we analyze the personal care offered to the nursing home's residents. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 95.187164 percent of its residents for pneumonia. The last statistic we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 3.21 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is somewhat concerning, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities based on the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the next category, this facility didn't fare very well. With an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this was this facility's worst category. Our nursing rating consists of several subcategories, but the most important one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular facility averaged a meager 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This number is significantly below the national average. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this facility also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. These metrics pulled down this nursing home's nursing grade quite a bit.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better