Oak Ridge Center
1000 Association Drive, Charleston WV 25311 · (304) 347-4372 · 97.56% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Oak Ridge Center is in Charleston, West Virginia, a city with 116,525 people. We gave this facility a C overall, which isn't a bad grade. This is comparable with the city grade in Charleston, which is a B-. At the end of the day, this facility looks like a solid choice for most people. This place did not excel in every category we looked at, but it did not receive any rock-bottom grades either. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 74 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This facility really excelled in our short-term care category, with an impressive grade of A- in this area. This really boosted its overall score. With our short-term care category, we strive to craft a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. It performed as well as just about any facility in West Virginia with 58.8 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility's inspection grade also was better than its overall grade. Due to a quality inspection report this year, it received one of our better scores in that area with a B. Our inspection grades are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Nurse Quality
We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of C. Our nursing grade weighs a number of factors. The most important factor is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing rating also includes relevant quality-based measures. While this facility excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it fell short in certain metrics that focused on quality. This facility's nursing score was hurt by poor performance in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers. We found that 21.3 percent of this nursing home's patients experienced pressure ulcers. Since many pressure ulcers could be avoided with good nursing protocols, we reduce a nursing home's nursing grade when we see this kind of frequency of pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the next category, we gave this facility a D in the area of long-term care. This was the nursing home's least impressive category grade. Long-term care grades in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 93.16239 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is somewhat less than we anticipated but still a respectable figure. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.42 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Oak Ridge Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better