The Oaks at Sweeten Creek
3864 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden NC 28704 · (828) 681-0904 · 82% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
The Oaks at Sweeten Creek is located in Arden, North Carolina. The city has a total of 18,821 people. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a lower end facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Arden. The best thing we can say about this facility is that it didn't receive any F's in in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we were not high on this facility overall, we gave it a B- for inspections. This grade is more respectable than the facility's overall grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B-. The nursing grade analyzes many components, but the most important consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This place averages just 3.1 hours of nursing care per patient per day, but a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We apply quite a bit of weight to these skilled nursing hours in calculating our nursing grades. Finally, while this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a decent grade in the category of short-term care, with a grade of B-. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is often a fair assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 40.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last category, this nursing home was given a grade of C in long-term care, which is generally a respectable score. For residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 98.73016 percent of its residents. This place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.55 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Oaks at Sweeten Creek Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 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 care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better