Oakwood Gardens Care Center is located in the large metropolitan area of Fresno, California. This nursing home proved to be a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. Fresno features a double digit count of other nursing homes, but it is doubtful you will need to visit too many others. This one is a first class option. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card is its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph
Oakwood Gardens Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall score, we gave this nursing home an A for short-term care. In calculating these short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing rating includes many factors. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving residents at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at is long-term care. This facility received a strong long-term care grade in our assessment, with a B-. While this was not as impressive as several of its other grades, this is nevertheless an acceptable score for that category. Our long-term care grades are more meaningful for residents in need of more conventional services associated with activities of daily living. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 91.92825 percent of its residents. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Oakwood Gardens Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 7.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who sustained falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 13.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 4.64% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 95.44% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 7.92% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 12.45% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 1.61 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 12.45 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 9.83 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Oakwood Gardens Care Center, 79.79% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Fresno, CA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Fresno, California has 19 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Community Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.71 miles away2823 Fresno Street Fresno California 93721Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 459-6000
- Saint Agnes Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.99 miles away1303 E Herndon Ave Fresno California 93710Voluntary non-profit - Church(559) 450-3000
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FresnoAcute Care Hospitals 4.51 miles away7300 North Fresno St Fresno California 93720Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 448-4500
- Clovis Community Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.95 miles away2755 Herndon Ave Clovis California 93611Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 324-4000
- Valley Children's HospitalChildrens 7.56 miles away9300 Valley Childrens Place Madera California 93636Voluntary non-profit - Private(559) 353-5116
Nearby Dialysis
- San Joaquin Valley Dialysis0.44 miles away3636 North First #144 Fresno California 93726CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (559) 221-6311
- Ash Tree Dialysis2.02 miles away2666 North Grove Industrial Drive Suite 106 Fresno California 93727CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (559) 251-1919
- Fmc Fresno Airport East2.45 miles away1899 North Helm Ave Suite 101 Fresno California 93727Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 452-1480
- Community Dialysis Center2.54 miles away215 North Fresno Street Suite 150 Fresno California 93701CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (559) 459-3901
- Davita Herndon Dialysis Center4.12 miles away560 E Herndon Ave, Ste 101 Fresno California 93720CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 48 (559) 432-5278
- Fmc North Fresno Dialysis4.27 miles away6737 N. Willow Bldg C Fresno California 93710CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (559) 324-1070
- Palm Bluffs Dialysis Center5.14 miles away770 West Pinedale Ave Fresno California 93711CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (559) 438-8512
- Fresno Dialysis Center6.52 miles away4753 West Shaw Avenue, Suite 101 Fresno California 93722CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (559) 276-4231