Oakbridge Healthcare Center is one of 12 facilities in Lakeland, Florida. This is a good facility with a B overall. This was right in line with the city grade in Lakeland. Based on our assessment, this place looks like a good fit for quite a few people. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Oakbridge Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to a strong overall score, this place also earned an impressive short-term care grade. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a B+. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed at a high level in the category of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with an B+. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. We wish we had more information about this facility. Without having the information regarding deficiencies, it was challenging to really evaluate it in this area.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our grade in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was long-term care. For that category, we gave this facility a B-. Long-term care grades assess a facility's personal care instead of the skilled nursing or medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility vaccinated 96.296295 percent of its patients, which is a very solid figure. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Oakbridge Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Oakbridge Healthcare Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term residents that experienced a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Oakbridge Healthcare Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Oakbridge Healthcare Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Oakbridge Healthcare Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Oakbridge Healthcare Center, 2.33% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Oakbridge Healthcare Center, 94.94% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Oakbridge Healthcare Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Oakbridge Healthcare Center, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Oakbridge Healthcare Center, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Lakeland, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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