Oaks on Parkwood

In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

This facility received its next most favorable category score in the area of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this category, which is a respectable grade. In our short-term care score, we strive to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The key is determining what bearing this had on quality of care. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 5.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. Nursing grades are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care offered.

The last area we assessed was long-term care. This nursing home received a C in this category. For prospective patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 97.192986 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.