Oaks on Parkwood is a large non-profit facility located in Bessemer, Alabama. This is a fine facility. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a respectable rating. This is one of the three best facilities in Bessemer. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Oaks on Parkwood
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for the area of inspections. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this category generally have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ for that category. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving a resident more often.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was given a score of B. It performed better than most facilities in this category. Short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 4.6 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is long-term care. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a C. In computing our long-term care ratings, we scrutinize the personal care offered to a facility's residents. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.765434 percent of its patients. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Oaks on Parkwood Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Oaks on Parkwood, 9.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Oaks on Parkwood, 6.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care patients who suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Oaks on Parkwood, 3.49% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Oaks on Parkwood, 29.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Oaks on Parkwood, 31.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Oaks on Parkwood, 0% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Oaks on Parkwood, 95.87% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Oaks on Parkwood, 13.71% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Oaks on Parkwood, 16.76% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Oaks on Parkwood, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Oaks on Parkwood, 16.76% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Oaks on Parkwood, 15.51% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Oaks on Parkwood, 82.24% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for Bessemer, AL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Bessemer, Alabama has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Medical West, an Affiliate of Uab Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 6.02 miles away995 9th Avenue Southwest Bessemer Alabama 35021Government - Hospital District or Authority(205) 481-7000
- Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.53 miles away1000 First Street North Alabaster Alabama 35007Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 620-8100
- Brookwood Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.58 miles away2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive Birmingham Alabama 35209Proprietary(205) 877-1000
- Princeton Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.82 miles away701 Princeton Avenue Southwest Birmingham Alabama 35211Voluntary non-profit - Church(205) 783-3800
- Children's Hospital of AlabamaChildrens 10.94 miles away1600 Seventh Avenue South Birmingham Alabama 35233Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 939-9100
- Grandview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.99 miles away3690 Grandview Parkway Birmingham Alabama 35243Proprietary(205) 971-1000
- Uab Callahan Eye Hospital AuthorityAcute Care Hospitals 11.01 miles away1720 University Blvd, Suite 500 Birmingham Alabama 35233Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 325-8100
- University of Alabama HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.21 miles away619 South 19th Street Birmingham Alabama 35233Government - State(205) 934-4011
Nearby Dialysis
- Bessemer Dialysis5.31 miles away901 Westlake Mall Ste 101 Bessemer Alabama 35020Dialysis Stations: 16 (205) 424-1848
- Jewel Dialysis5.45 miles away514 W. Town Plaza Bessemer Alabama 35020CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 481-4386
- Fmc Midfield Dialysis5.88 miles away613 Bessemer Super Highway Birmingham Alabama 35228CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (205) 481-0019
- Fmc Hoover5.97 miles away2104 Lorna Ridge Lane Birmingham Alabama 35216Dialysis Stations: 12 (205) 979-3708
- Bessemer Kidney Center6 miles away975 9th Ave Sw Suite 500 Bessemer Alabama 35022Dialysis Stations: 36 (205) 424-3757
- Fmc Cahaba Valley6.11 miles away120 Cahaba Valley Parkway Suite 150 Pelham Alabama 35124Dialysis Stations: 24 (205) 988-0469
- Fresenius Medical Care Birmingham Home, LLC6.21 miles away35 West Lakeshore Drive Suite 105 Birmingham Alabama 35209Dialysis Stations: 13 (205) 290-1197
- Fresenius Medical Care Mccalla, LLC6.52 miles away4748 Bell Hill Road Bessemer Alabama 35022Dialysis Stations: 13 (205) 424-8528