Hirest Nursing Center
2120 North Broadway, Oklahoma City OK 73160 · (405) 794-2428 · 64.8% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Hirest Nursing Center is located in the large metropolitan area of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. With an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. In our grading scheme, this is one of the bottom five rated facilities in Oklahoma City. In a city with more than 30 other nursing homes, you will probably be able to find a better option. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 154 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received rock bottom scores in our assessment. Perhaps most alarmingly, it received an F for its inspection grade. Typically, this means we found some red flags on its inspections. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection rating. We would pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. Tragically, this nursing home was assessed several category J through L deficiencies. This indicates widespread deficiencies placing patient health or safety in imminent danger. These deficiencies are very damaging to a facility's inspection rating. Finally, we also want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was assessed large government fines of more than $50,000. This usually means that government inspectors became fed up after multiple years of failed inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility received an F for its long-term care grade. Long-term care ratings in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home administered the vaccine to a relatively low 82.706764 percent of its patients. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.66 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is also concerning.
Nurse Quality
Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. There are numerous factors within this grade. Many of the criteria reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 2.7 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is not a very impressive figure. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this facility also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This place had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average facility. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. These statistics hurt this nursing home's nursing rating significantly.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at is short-term care. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that area. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 20.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hirest Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better