Medicalodges Dewey
430 Bartles Road, Dewey OK 74029 · (918) 534-2848 · 70.68% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Medicalodges Dewey is located in Dewey, Oklahoma, a city with a total of 5,128 people. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this facility is one of the higher-rated nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its long-term care grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 58 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. For patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Although we determined this facility has an above average quantity of nursing hours provided by nurses and other nursing staff, we found its vaccine statistics to be somewhat low. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 75.46012 percent of its patients. This is a statistic we would like to see this facility improve. The last statistic we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 1.81 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is middle of the road in this area.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Our inspection grades are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's inspections. Nursing homes that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not 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.
Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. The nursing grade consists of several components, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which was above the national average. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we rated is short-term care. This facility received a favorable nursing grade this year, with a grade of B. Although this wasn't as dominant as several of its other scores, this is nevertheless one of our more favorable grades for that area. In our short-term care grade, we attempt to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The final item we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to return home. We found that this nursing home was better than average with 53.9 percent of its residents able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Medicalodges Dewey Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better