Osage Nursing Home

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.

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.

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.

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.