Oakview Nursing & Rehablitation

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Based on this, we had positive view of this facility's recent inspections.

The second highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we consider the number of hours nurses commit to residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is a very low figure. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

The third category we graded is short-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of C in this category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 3.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

Switching gears to the fourth category, this facility didn't fare very well. Due to a very poor grade of F in long-term care, this is its worst category grade. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 98.4127 percent of its patients, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.