Oahu Care Facility is one of 19 possibilities in Honolulu, Hawaii. It looks like this nursing home is one of the highest-rated nursing homes we found. Receiving an A+ in our rating scheme requires superb marks across the board. In fact, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we rated it as one of the top five nursing homes in Honolulu. This also is a very consistent facility with consistent scores in all four of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Oahu Care Facility
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Our nursing score is primarily tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning residents more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to receive several A+ category grades. Facilities that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. After we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 96.06299 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
In the next area we assessed, this nursing home was given superb marks in the area of short-term care. Consequently, it received one of our highest scores in that area with a grade of of A+. Short-term care grades are often used to gauge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 7.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature for this nursing home is its inspection rating. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A-, wrapping up its straight A performance. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Oahu Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Oahu Care Facility, 5.65% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Oahu Care Facility, 2.15% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients who have had falls which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Oahu Care Facility, 2.54% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Oahu Care Facility, 8.93% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Oahu Care Facility, 7.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Oahu Care Facility, 1.47% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Oahu Care Facility, 97.19% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Oahu Care Facility, 11.27% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Oahu Care Facility, 21.75% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Oahu Care Facility, 21.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Oahu Care Facility, 75.81% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Honolulu, HI
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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