Grace Living Center-Edmond

While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

The next most favorable area we awarded this facility in any category came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that it performed much better in this area with 58.6 percent of its residents returning home.

We also gave this facility a decent score in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a B-. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 99.62963 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 1.95 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than the majority of nursing homes since it had more complex patients.

This nursing home's least impressive category was nursing, which is the last area we analyzed. In this category, we awarded this facility a grade of D. Our nursing rating looks at the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home averaged only 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is well below average. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this facility also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average nursing home. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these metrics pulled down this facility's nursing grade significantly.