Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home in Abilene, Texas. We gave this facility an F, which is really a bottom of the barrel score in our grading scheme. Keep in mind that Abilene received a city grade of B-, so should look at some other options in the city as well. Finally, inspections was the lone shining light in this nursing home's profile. You can find additional information about this category below.
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Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Lymphedema Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it actually earned a relatively impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our more favorable scores in that area with a B+. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid places that have a long list of severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the area of short-term care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. As it turns out, this wound up being one of its better features. Short-term care grades are generally employed to score a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Given its score in this category, we weren't surprised to find that this facility was well below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the data we assessed. Honestly, this was what we expected here. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics was damning for this nursing home's short-term care score.
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Nurse Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. Nursing scores are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. With just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this place's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these metrics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our last area, this facility really didn't fare very well here either. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is really as bad as it gets. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an above average statistic. Surprisingly, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 9.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 4.55% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 0.43% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had urinary tract infections. While more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 8.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 7.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 1.79% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 12.68% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 6% of Residents
This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 0.52 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 6% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 8.54% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center, 85.67% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Abilene, TX
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Abilene, Texas has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Hendrick Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.22 miles away1900 Pine Abilene Texas 79601Voluntary non-profit - Private(325) 670-2000
- Abilene Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.55 miles away6250 Hwy 83/84 Abilene Texas 79606Proprietary(325) 428-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Abilene1.26 miles away1802 Pine St Abilene Texas 79601CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (325) 672-3243
- Fresenius Medical Care Abilene Lone Star3.42 miles away349 South Danville Drive Abilene Texas 79605CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (325) 691-0772
- Fmc Dialysis Services of Abilene South7.53 miles away2009 Hospital Place Abilene Texas 79606CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (325) 793-2594