Senior Care of Green Oaks

The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection grade. In fact, its inspection grade was far better than its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave it an A-. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

The next best category we gave this facility in any category came in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-, which is a decent grade. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. While this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this area. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of turning a patient more frequently.

The last area we rated is short-term care, ended up being this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this facility a D in this area. Our short-term care scores are important for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Considering its score in this area, we weren't surprised to discover that this place was well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Frankly, this was what we expected here. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that were able to return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.