Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Featuring an overall rating of D, this is a well below average facility. This isn't the worse place we graded, however, we'd still be very reluctant to recommend it. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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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 Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B- for inspections. This grade is more respectable than this facility's overall score. Inspection grades are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the category of long-term care, this facility received just a D in that category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category likely don't provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities offer. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 92.47911 percent of its patients. This is somewhat below what we were hoping for but still a decent figure. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we scored was short-term care, which turned out to be this facility's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that area. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. With a grade in this range for this area, we weren't stunned to find that this facility was well below average in multiple staffing metrics we assess. In fact, it supplied substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 8.52% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care residents which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 4.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 0.28% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 11.97% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 13.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 4.46% of Patients
This is the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 95.72% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 12.66% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 13.26% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 0.52 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 13.26% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 3.01% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Oakwood Heights of Presbyterian Seniorcare, 66.69% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Upmc NorthwestAcute Care Hospitals 4.73 miles away100 Fairfield Drive Seneca Pennsylvania 16346Voluntary non-profit - Other(814) 676-7600
- Titusville HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.4 miles away406 West Oak Street Titusville Pennsylvania 16354Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 827-1851
Nearby Dialysis
- Oil City Dialysis Center, LLC5.3 miles away6945 Us 322, Suite 640 Cranberry Pennsylvania 16319Dialysis Stations: 15 (814) 677-7034