New Hope Retirement & Care Center is a small facility located in Mcalester, Oklahoma. It looks like this is a very good facility. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable rating. You can definitely do much worse than this facility. As you can see below, this facility also performed well in our category scores. It is hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
New Hope Retirement & Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
Facility Inspections
On top of earning a great overall grade, this nursing home performed even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the nursing home's recent government inspections. In fact, we gave it an A for this category, which is one of our best scores. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility truly excelled in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A-. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. Short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. When computing our nursing scores, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at was long-term care. This facility was awarded an above average long-term care rating this year, with a grade of B. This nursing home really did not have any weak links. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.2 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
New Hope Retirement & Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 8.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 4.39% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 3.49% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 14.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 24.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 3.91% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 92.49% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 14.12% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 14.93% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 1.77 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 14.93 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In New Hope Retirement & Care Center, 14.86 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Scores for Mcalester, OK
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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