SeaCoast At Uptown Oaks

One of the reasons this place is a quality nursing home is that it received a very impressive inspection rating. Inspections is its best category. In this area, we gave it an A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so well is that it was given a strong short-term care grade. In fact, short-term care is its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a score of A-. Our short-term care scores are likely most critical for residents requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in calculating our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The final category we looked at is long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a C for this category. Long-term care grades assess a nursing home's assistance with daily living instead of the skilled therapy or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 62.7907 percent of its patients. This is many points less than average. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.