Senior Suites Healthcare
3501 W Washington, Broken Arrow OK 74012 · (918) 250-5405 · 99.14% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Senior Suites Healthcare is an average-sized nursing home located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. This nursing home turns out to be a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. In fact, this proved to be better than many of the facilities in Broken Arrow. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 82 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor dings aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a score of A- for our long-term care score. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. After considering the very impressive nursing care provided by this facility, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.24 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this nursing home also was given favorable short-term care grades this year. Indeed, we gave them one of our better grades in that area, with a score of B. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more important for individuals requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home, which as an area this nursing home performed much more favorably. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the country with 56.2 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The next area we rated was nursing, where this facility was given a B-. This ended up being this nursing home's weakest category. This is still not the end of the world. Nursing scores are tied to nurse staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 4.8 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which was among the higher totals we found. Finally, we also looked at a few nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these statistics to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Senior Suites Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of 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 tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better