Oak Manor Nursing Home

While we were not complementary of this facility's overall score, it actually earned an impressive nursing rating this year. We gave it a grade of B in this area. The nursing rating consists of a handful of datapoints, however, the most important consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Another one of this facility's more impressive category scores came in the category of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B. It actually fared better than most facilities in this area. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility's next most favorable category came in the area of short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. In the area of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.

This nursing home did not receive a favorable inspection grade. We gave it a score of just D in this category. Inspection scores relate to a facility's inspection reports. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. You should be most cautious when considering a nursing home that has severe deficiencies on a recent inspection report. This particular nursing home had 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility also received a substantiated complaint in the last few years. There seem to be no shortage of reasons to pass on this facility.