Osage Nursing Home is a small nursing home located in Nowata, Oklahoma. This is a grade A facility, which is a high-end grade. We can't find many negative things to say about this place. Its ratings are impeccable. This facility also received strong grades in each of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Osage Nursing Home
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
822 West Osage,
Nowata OK 74048
53.4% estimated occupancy 1
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After assessing the very impressive nursing hours provided by this facility, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. The last statistic we looked at is its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 2.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing score is primarily based on the facility's nurse staffing. This place boasts a really impressive 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in several of the quality measures we assessed. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any place the state in this category. This is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers could be avoided by offering better nursing care and a policy of turning residents more frequently.
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Facility Inspections
This facility also earned excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best scores in that area, with an A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite minor. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our next category, this facility also performed well in the short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in this category. This topped off truly elite profile. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Osage Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Osage Nursing Home, 8.89% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Osage Nursing Home, 4.4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients that experienced a fall which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Osage Nursing Home, 3.63% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Osage Nursing Home, 13.84% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Osage Nursing Home, 24.69% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Osage Nursing Home, 3.95% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Osage Nursing Home, 91.04% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Osage Nursing Home, 14.73% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Osage Nursing Home, 17.09% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Osage Nursing Home, 1.64 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Osage Nursing Home, 17.09 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Jane Phillips Nowata Hospital, IncCritical Access Hospitals 0.81 miles away237 South Locust Street Nowata Oklahoma 74048Voluntary non-profit - Private(918) 273-3102
- Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center, IncAcute Care Hospitals 16.76 miles away3500 East Frank Phillips Boulevard Bartlesville Oklahoma 74006Voluntary non-profit - Private(918) 333-7200
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmcna - Jane Phillips16.16 miles away3500 Se State St Bartlesville Oklahoma 74006Dialysis Stations: 18 (918) 331-3543