River Oaks

We want to point out that this place earned a much better grade for long-term care than it did overall. In fact, we gave it one of our best scores in that area with an A-. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 94.54095 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection grades are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Another strength of this facility is its favorable grade in nursing. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an D. In calculating our nursing scores, we look at both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

The next area we looked at was short-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. It received an abysmal F in this category, which is certainly very concerning. Our short-term care grades are vital for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. With a grade in this range in this category, we weren't stunned to find that this place was below average in two of the key staffing figures we focus on. The nursing home supplied significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.