Oakridge Nursing Center

The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A-. This is a notably better grade than the place's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor dings are not the end of the world.

We also gave this nursing home a strong score in short-term care. This nursing home earned a B in this category, which is one of our more impressive grades. Short-term care grades are critical for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing. This means a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. Our nursing category weighs a handful of datapoints, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This particular facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This figure is significantly below the national average. Lastly, nursing scores also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

The last category we rated is long-term care. For this category, we gave this facility a grade of C. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated just 83.76963 percent of its residents for pneumonia. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.