Oak Park Nursing and Rehab Center

Oak Park Nursing and Rehab Center is located in the large metropolitan area of Madison, Wisconsin. Sporting an overall score of A-, this is clearly a very good nursing home. In fact, we were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it as one of the top five facilities in Madison. This facility also received strong grades in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

We also wanted to point out the fact that this facility has earned excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite insignificant. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing score consists of quite a few factors, however, the most important consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This place provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is among the higher figures in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We were very impressed by both of these figures. In addition to providing high levels of nursing care, this facility also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. It performed as well as any facility in Wisconsin when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Moving on our third area, this facility received an excellent short-term care grade. In fact, it received a score of A in this area. Short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. This facility is above average in terms of both its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its patients. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. It fared better than most facilities with 51.6 percent of its residents returning home.

The next area we assessed ended up being this facility's weakest area. However, even its lowest point would likely be a strength for many nursing homes. We gave it a strong grade of B for long-term care. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of very favorable nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination data is first-rate as well. Indeed, this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.41 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was close to the middle of the pack due to it having some more complicated patients.