Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation is a senior living facility located in Bucyrus, Ohio, a city with a total of 18,102 people. Sporting an overall grade of C, this looks like a middle of the road facility. Based on our assessment, this place ought to be a solid choice for most people. The best part of this nursing home's report card is is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Based on this, we had positive view of this nursing home's inspections.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our nursing score includes numerous subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility actually excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care offered.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best category was its long-term care grade, where it was given a C. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated only 87.09677 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was short-term care, which is this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this category. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. With a score this poor in this area, we were not stunned to find that this facility was below average in several staffing metrics we focus on. The facility offered significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics sunk this facility's short-term care score.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 20.26% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 90.12% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 12 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Altercare Bucyrus Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Bucyrus Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 2.24 miles away629 North Sandusky Avenue Bucyrus Ohio 44820Voluntary non-profit - Other(419) 562-4677
- Ohiohealth Shelby HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.29 miles away199 West Main Street Shelby Ohio 44875Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 342-5015
- Wyandot Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.17 miles away885 North Sandusky Avenue Upper Sandusky Ohio 43351Government - Hospital District or Authority(419) 294-4991
- Morrow County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.33 miles away651 West Marion Road Mount Gilead Ohio 43338Government - Local(419) 946-5015
- Marion General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.37 miles away1000 Mckinley Park Drive Marion Ohio 43302Voluntary non-profit - Private(740) 383-8400
- Avita OntarioAcute Care Hospitals 19.05 miles away715 Richland Mall Mansfield Ohio 44906Voluntary non-profit - Private(567) 307-7666
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Crawford County Kidney Center2.34 miles away701 Tiffin Street Bucyrus Ohio 44820Dialysis Stations: 12 (419) 562-3000
- Davita - Galion Dialysis8.75 miles away856 Harding Way West Galion Ohio 44833Dialysis Stations: 17 (419) 462-0897
- Total Renal Care, Inc.17.29 miles away111 Tarhe Trail Upper Sandusky Ohio 43351Dialysis Stations: 8 (419) 209-0799
- Davita - Heart of Marion Dialysis17.48 miles away1221 Delaware Avenue Marion Ohio 43302Dialysis Stations: 13 (740) 375-5058
- Fmc - Heart of Ohio Dialysis Ctr17.94 miles away1730 Marion-Waldo Rd Marion Ohio 43302CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (740) 389-4111
- Davita - Mid Ohio Dialysis19.24 miles away2148 W 4th St Mansfield Ohio 44906Dialysis Stations: 13 (419) 747-4039