Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center is in Albemarle, North Carolina, a city with 26,760 people. Our scoring system was not very kind to this facility, as it received an overall grade of F. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Albemarle. The city has just one other nursing home. Finally, inspections was the only shining light in this nursing home's profile. We provide more information on this category below.
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Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
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Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall score was terrible, it actually fared pretty well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection ratings are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies linked to risks to resident well being. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this facility only received a D for its short-term care rating, which ended up being one of its better category grades. Our short-term care grades are vital for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients that were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 5.4 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below the national average.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was long-term care. This nursing home's was given a low-end long-term care score where it was given an F. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 94.578316 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the next area, this nursing home really didn't fare very well here either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in nursing, this is just about as as uninspiring as it gets. Our nursing grade analyzes a handful of factors, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 24.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 6.63% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 3.85% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 11.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 13.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 2.67% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 97.29% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 28.68% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 31.1% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who maintained mobility. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 31.1% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 11.24% of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center, 61.14% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Atrium Health StanlyAcute Care Hospitals 1.98 miles away301 Yadkin St Albemarle North Carolina 28001Voluntary non-profit - Private(704) 984-4000
- Firsthealth Montgomery Memorial HospCritical Access Hospitals 15.12 miles away520 Allen Street Troy North Carolina 27371Voluntary non-profit - Private(910) 572-1301
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma Albemarle2.73 miles away203 Northeast Connector Albemarle North Carolina 28001Dialysis Stations: 26 (704) 982-6945