Oakwood Health Services

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility received even higher marks in nursing. We gave it one of our best scores in this category with an A-. We assessed the licensure of nurses at the facility, in addition to the number of hours the nurses spent with patients, in determining our score in this area. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

This nursing home also performed well in inspections, which is based on its inspections. We gave it an B+ for that area, which is one of our best grades. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category generally have very few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.

This nursing home's third best category is its long-term care grade, where it was given a grade of B-. For patients in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Moving on to our fourth area, this facility received a B- in short-term care, which is generally a respectable score. Short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below average.