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Life Care Center of Westlake

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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Life Care Center of Westlake's website

26520 Center Ridge Rd,
Westlake OH 44145

(440) 871-3030

80.25% estimated occupancy 1

Life Care Center of Westlake is a senior living facility in Westlake, Ohio, a city with a population of 32,729 people. We gave this facility a C overall, which isn't a bad grade. This is comparable with the city grade in Westlake, which is a B-. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. This nursing home didn't excel in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any rock-bottom grades either. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's next best area ended up being short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. Short-term care grades are typically employed to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Finally, we looked at the number of patients 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 patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing score is primarily based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is well below average. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last category we graded is long-term care, which is a weak link for this nursing home. We awarded this facility a grade of D for our long-term care category. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated only 90.39039 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Life Care Center of Westlake Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 7.77% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 3% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 1.8% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 10.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric tells you the percent of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 20.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 7% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 90.57% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 9.76% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 8.74% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 8.74% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Westlake, 70.86% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Westlake, OH

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

Looking for more options? Westlake, Ohio has 6 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Uh St John Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.75 miles away29000 Center Ridge Road Westlake Ohio 44145Voluntary non-profit - Private(440) 835-8000
  • Fairview HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.83 miles away18101 Lorain Avenue Cleveland Ohio 44111Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 476-7000
  • Southwest General Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.94 miles away18697 Bagley Road Cleveland Ohio 44130Voluntary non-profit - Private(440) 816-6701
  • Lutheran HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.06 miles away1730 West 25th Street Cleveland Ohio 44113Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 696-4300
  • Metrohealth SystemAcute Care Hospitals 11.2 miles away2500 Metrohealth Drive Cleveland Ohio 44109Voluntary non-profit - Other(216) 778-7089
  • St Vincent Charity Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.78 miles away2351 East 22nd Street Cleveland Ohio 44115Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 861-6200
  • Cleveland ClinicAcute Care Hospitals 15.55 miles away9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland Ohio 44195Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 445-8400
  • Rainbow Babies and Childrens HospitalChildrens 16.33 miles away11100 Euclid Avenue Cleveland Ohio 44106Voluntary non-profit - Other(216) 844-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Center for Dialysis Care Westside Home Care LLC1.09 miles away24651 Center Ridge Rd Suite 450 Westlake Ohio 44145Dialysis Stations: 10 (440) 899-2808
  • Fmc - Westlake Dialysis Center1.32 miles away26024 Detroit Road Westlake Ohio 44145Dialysis Stations: 23 (440) 835-1139
  • Davita - Villa of Great Northern2.96 miles away22710 Fairview Center Dr., Ste 100 Cleveland Ohio 44126Dialysis Stations: 7 (440) 734-4630
  • Davita - Hilliard Dialysis4.35 miles away19133 Hilliard Blvd Rocky River Ohio 44116CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (216) 712-4700
  • Center for Dialysis Care Middleburg Heights5.86 miles away6749 Eastland Road Cleveland Ohio 44130Dialysis Stations: 20 (440) 234-3916
  • Fmc - Cleveland Clinic West6.85 miles away14670 Snow Road Brookpark Ohio 44142CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (216) 267-1451
  • Fmc - Lakewood Ohio Dialysis6.93 miles away13900 Detroit Avenue Lakewood Ohio 44107Dialysis Stations: 12 (216) 221-3034
  • Davita - Middleburg Heights Dialysis7.51 miles away7360 Engle Road Cleveland Ohio 44130Dialysis Stations: 24 (440) 891-5645