Highland Oaks Health Center is one of a mere two facilities in Mcconnelsville, Ohio. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B-. A score in this range requires some solid marks. You could certainly do worse than this facility. We were also pleased to discover that this facility received consistently decent grades in each of our categories. More information about these categories is available below.
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Highland Oaks Health Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection ratings are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best area was short-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. This is essentially a slightly below average grade in this category. In determining our short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The final item we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facilities next best category was long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this area. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinates 99.61539 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
The last category we assessed is nursing. This nursing home received a grade of C for this area. Our nursing score is largely associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, we like to look at quality-based metrics, such as the percent of residents who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these statistics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Highland Oaks Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 1.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 4.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 0.39% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents which have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 45.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 65.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 30.33% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 99.03% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 20% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 18.14% of Residents
This is the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 18.14% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 10.78% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Highland Oaks Health Center, 77.25% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.