Wellington Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation

Wellington Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation is an average-sized facility located in Fort Worth, Texas. With an overall score of B, this facility ended up being a superior option to many of the facilities in Fort Worth. Based on our analysis, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. We were also pleased to find that this facility didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

One of the reasons this turned out to be a strong facility is that it received a very impressive inspection score. Inspections is its best category. In this category, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score is primarily based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which was among the more impressive totals we found. Finally, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. For example, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

The next category we graded is long-term care. This nursing home was given an impressive long-term care grade, with a grade of B in the category. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. This facility's vaccination records were a bit weaker than a few of its other datapoints in this category, such as its nursing hours. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 72.368416 percent of its patients. We would like to see some improvement in this area in the future. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Switching gears to the last category, this nursing home was given an acceptable short-term care grade of C. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.