Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is located in Shreveport, Louisiana. The city has 228,095 people. It looks like this is a fine facility. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a very solid rating. Even in a city with 21 other nursing homes, this one looks like a sound selection. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
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Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To pair with its favorable overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A for the area of inspections. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. A deficiency-free inspection report is what we look for.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded a favorable long-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our better grades in that area with a grade of B+. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next best category we awarded this facility in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. In determining our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is considered to be a fair measure of the facility's rehabilitation. We weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the last area, this nursing home received a C for nursing, which is a respectable rating. When computing a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This facility provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a somewhat alarming figure which is well below average. Finally, we also factored in a few quality-based measures in this category. While this facility didn't rank highly in terms of its nursing hours, it performed better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than average. This is usually a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented with better nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 5.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 5.85% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percent of long-term patients that had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 26.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 28.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.5% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.9% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.27% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.27% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Southern Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.23% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Scores for Shreveport, LA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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