Meadowlake Estates
959 Southwest 107th Street, Oklahoma City OK 73139 · (405) 703-3400 · 77.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Meadowlake Estates is a large government-owned nursing home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. This nursing home didn't have any redeeming qualities. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 124 Beds
CCRC :
Government - City/county
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
Although we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it received a decent short-term care rating this year. We gave it a C in that area, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we found for this place. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. It offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it performed respectably in this area with 46.8 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next most respectable score is long-term care, but it still received a grade of just D in that category. This ended up being a well below average score. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care grades. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.723755 percent of its patients. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.91 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility did not fare quite as well.
Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this facility didn't receive glowing inspections in recent years. We gave it a grade of just D for our inspections rating. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. Generally, you should be more cautious when considering a facility with severe deficiencies on a recent inspection report. This particular nursing home was hit with a category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more serious categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by CMS had potential to cause actual harm to residents. We are also concerned by the fact that this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
The next area we graded was nursing. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is an abysmal grade. When computing a nursing home's nursing grade, we consider the amount of time nurses are with residents and the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home averages 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. On top of being below average in nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also had poor scores in the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This place was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in both of these statistics. This is a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. These scores pulled down this nursing home's nursing grade significantly.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meadowlake Estates Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better