New Hope Retirement & Care Center
1220 East Electric Blvd, Mcalester OK 74501 · (918) 423-9095 · 80.18% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
New Hope Retirement & Care Center is a small nursing home located in Mcalester, Oklahoma. Sporting an overall rating of B, this facility is a fine option. This facility proved to be one of the better facilities in Mcalester. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 55 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it earned an impressive inspection rating. In fact, inspections is its best category. In that area, we gave it an A. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive profile, this place also excelled in the category of nursing. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for that category. Nursing scores are mostly tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
The next highest category we awarded this facility in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. In the category of short-term care, we try to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 34.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.
Long-term Care Quality
Our last area is long-term care, in which we awarded this nursing home a B- in this area. Our long-term care grade is often used to gauge a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.81657 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.34 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
New Hope Retirement & Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents who developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term care patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better