Oklahoma

• Oklahoma’s nursing home care languished once again, ranking No. 44 overall while scoring a failing grade for the third consecutive report card.
• Nearly 80 percent of Oklahoma’s nursing homes failed to achieve an above average score in direct care staffing, making the state’s nursing homes some of the most chronically understaffed in the nation.
• Oklahoma nursing home residents received just over 80 minutes of licensed nursing care per day, ranking the state near the bottom in professional nursing services.
• 1 in 4 Oklahoma nursing homes were once again cited a severe deficiency.
• Oklahoma’s nominal increase in staffing hours gave the state its first “C” grade after consecutive years of below average scores in this quality measure.
• Oklahoma’s failing nursing home care ranks next to last in the Southwest Region.

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