Muscogee (Creek) Nation Physical Rehabilitation Center

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. Our nursing score assesses the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home averages 1.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In addition, this nursing home received quality marks in the area of short-term care. For this reason, it was given one of our best scores in that category with a score of A+. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

The third area we assessed is long-term care. This nursing home was given a high-end long-term care score. We gave them a dominant strong of A in this category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted vaccination data. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Turning to the final category we assessed, this facility received a decent grade in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.