North Winds Living Center

North Winds Living Center is a nursing home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma which has a total of 640,470 people. Featuring an overall rating of A+, this facility is one of the most elite facilities we looked at. Indeed, this proved to be quite a bit better than most of the nursing homes in Oklahoma City. Headlining this place's remarkable profile is its nursing score, which we will address in the next section.

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. Our nursing rating includes several factors, however, the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 4.7 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is among the better figures in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. We are really impressed by these figures. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category.

This top-shelf facility also was superb in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A+. Only a small group of facilities fared better in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 93.40659 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat less than we expected but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This nursing home also received a nearly flawless inspection report. It earned one of our top scores in that area with an impressive grade of A+. Inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Switching gears to the next area, this nursing home received a very strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in this area, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. Short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.