Royal Oak Nursing Center

On top of receiving a great overall rating, this nursing home received an A+ inspection rating. This is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing score weighs several subcategories, but the most important consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving a patient even once per day.

This nursing home was awarded an impressive long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that area with a grade of B. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 99.70674 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Switching gears to the fourth category, this facility was awarded a respectable short-term care grade. While this isn't quite as impressive as several of its other scores, this is truly nothing to be ashamed of. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.