Sunset Estates of Purcell
915 North 7th Avenue, Purcell OK 73080 · (405) 527-2122 · 78.69% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Sunset Estates of Purcell is a small nursing home located in Purcell, Oklahoma. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a well below average nursing home. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Purcell. The city has just one other nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category grades. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 69 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we didn't grade this nursing home favorably overall, we did give it an excellent grade in the category of inspections, where it received an A. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is generally best to avoid nursing homes that had a long list of deficiencies. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's higher category grades came in the area of long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. It actually outpaced most facilities in this area. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.41 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. When calculating a facility's nursing score, we look at the amount of time nurses commit to residents as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is below the national average. To pair with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this nursing home also did not fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. These metrics hurt this facility's nursing rating quite a bit.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed is short-term care, where this nursing home was given an abysmal grade in this category as well. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this category, which is definitely a major concern. Short-term care ratings are crucial for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. With its grade in this area, we were not surprised to discover that this place is well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its patients based on the measures we assessed. Honestly, this was about what we expected to find. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 37.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics was damning for this nursing home's short-term care grade.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sunset Estates of Purcell Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents that had a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression could imply worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized 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 times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better