Hensley Nursing Home

One of the many reasons this proved to be a great facility is that it received a very impressive long-term care score. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of A. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that area, we gave this facility an A. The nursing grade weighs several components, but the main one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Oklahoma in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning patients at least once a day.

We awarded this nursing home an impressive grade of A- for inspections. Our inspection ratings are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in 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 safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The last area we looked at is short-term care, in which this facility received a B-. Even though this is its worst category grade, this is nevertheless not a major area of concern. In forming these short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.