The Highlands at Owasso
10098 N 123 E Ave, Owasso OK 74055 · (918) 928-4800 · 87.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
The Highlands at Owasso is one of just three available facilities located in Owasso, Oklahoma. Sporting an overall rating of B-, this is likely a solid nursing home. This facility seems to have a few things working in its favor. The best part of this place's profile was is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 105 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its relatively modest overall score, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than its overall grade. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a strong score in long-term care. This facility earned a B in this category, which happens to be one of our better scores. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 99.05063 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 3.63 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this admittedly wasn't as strong as some of its other scores in this area, this statistic can be skewed for some facilities based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third highest area was its short-term care score, where it was given a B-. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to gauge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to provide good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. 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 number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was a much stronger area for this facility. It outperformed most facilities in this area with 57.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the final category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D in our nursing category. This was the nursing home's worst category rating. Of course, this score pulled down the facility's overall grade to a certain degree. In determining our nursing grades, we look at both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. In this nursing home's case, quantity of care does not appear to be the problem. According to its CMS reports, this facility provided an average of 4 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which was above the national average. Despite performing well in terms of nursing hours, this nursing home didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This facility was above the national average in both of these metrics.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Highlands at Owasso Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better