Skiatook Nursing Home

In addition to performing well in its overall score, this nursing home earned even higher grades in long-term care. It received one of our best scores in that area with an A. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.26471 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility also performed well in inspections, which is based on the facility's inspection reports. We awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our top scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. There are a host of subcategories included in this area. Many of the factors reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure which is well below average. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. While this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this metric. This can be a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving residents more often.

The next area we graded was short-term care. We gave this nursing home a decent grade in this area, with a B-. Although this was not as favorable as many of this nursing home's other scores, it is still nothing to be ashamed of. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.