Higher Call Nursing Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Quapaw, Oklahoma. This facility received an A- overall, which is an elite rating. You really can not do any better than this nursing home. The best part of this facility's strong report card is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
Higher Call Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this facility received a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it received one of our highest scores in that area with an A+. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received a strong grade of A- in our long-term care category. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 67.14286 percent of its patients. This is somewhat below what we anticipated. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility 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 having a protocol of moving a patient more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed is short-term care, in which this nursing home received a B-. This actually was this nursing home's weakest category. This is still not a poor grade. Our short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. It does not look like this nursing home provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Higher Call Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 8.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percent of long-term care patients that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 4.39% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 3.49% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 14.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 24.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 3.91% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 92.49% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 14.12% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 14.93% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 1.77 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Higher Call Nursing Center, 14.93 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.