Oswego Operator
1104 Ohio Street, Oswego KS 67356 · (620) 795-4429 · 70.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Oswego Operator is a small facility located in Oswego, Kansas. With an overall score of B-, this is likely a middle of the road facility. Based on our analysis, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. We were also pleased to discover that this facility was consistent in all of the major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 40 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We awarded this nursing home one of our better scores in the area of nursing, with a grade of A. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Our nursing rating focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home offers 3.8 hours of nursing care per patient daily, of which more than one hour was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. In computing our nursing grades, we attach more weight to hours provided by registered nurses. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home 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.
Facility Inspections
Inspections is another category where this facility excelled. In fact, we gave this nursing home an B+ for our inspections category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite minor. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given its next most favorable category score in the category of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this area, which is a respectable score. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered substantially more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 34.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of patients are able to return home so this place is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is long-term care. In this category, we gave this facility a C. Our long-term care grades are more critical for those needing more traditional assistance associated with activities of daily living. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 96.969696 percent of its residents, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. With 1.88 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home is not too far off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Oswego Operator Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients that sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric may be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term patients that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is vital to patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better