Royal Oak Nursing and Rehab
4960 Laclede Avenue, Saint Louis MO 63108 · (314) 361-6240 · 53.51% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Royal Oak Nursing and Rehab is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, which is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. This nursing home received a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a well below average rating. If you aren't happy with this nursing home, you should be able to find another option in Saint Louis, as the city has more than 25 nursing homes. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 168 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Although we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a grade of B+ in nursing. This grade is quite a bit more impressive than the facility's overall score. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we gave this nursing home a grade of B in our long-term care category. This happens to be one of our higher scores. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 14.325845 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.57 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
This facility received mediocre inspections in recent years. We awarded them a C in this area. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates that it avoided the more significant categories of deficiencies. Finally, they also received 7 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is certainly not a great sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we scored is short-term care, in which this facility received a very poor grade in this category as well. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this area, which is obviously somewhat alarming. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Considering its grade in this category, we were not stunned to discover that this nursing home is well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the measures we looked at. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 24.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Royal Oak Nursing and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a fall resulting in major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents that sustained UTI's. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some believe that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better