Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center is a senior living facility in Kent, Ohio, a city with a population of 43,585 people. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is one of our more impressive ratings. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the United States. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- 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
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being an elite nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few places fared as well in this area. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate deficiency data for this nursing home. We would like to have more information about this facility. Without having access to the information regarding deficiencies, it was a challenge to really grade this nursing home in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its first-rate resume, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for the category. In computing these short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. The nursing score is based on quite a few components, but the paramount one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving a resident even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed was long-term care. In this area, we awarded this facility a decent grade of B-. This actually was this nursing home's least impressive area. Our long-term care grade is used to assess a nursing home's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 20.26% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 90.12% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence. Many would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 12 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.29 miles away6847 N Chestnut Ravenna Ohio 44266Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 297-2300
- Summa Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 8.4 miles away525 East Market Street Akron Ohio 44309Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 375-3000
- Summa Western Reserve HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.02 miles away1900 23rd Street Cuyahoga Falls Ohio 44223Voluntary non-profit - Other(330) 971-7000
- Akron General Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.07 miles away1 Akron General Avenue Akron Ohio 44307Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 344-6000
- Alliance Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.4 miles away200 East State Street Alliance Ohio 44601Voluntary non-profit - Other(330) 596-7018
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Portage County Kidney Center3.83 miles away401 Devon Place Ste 100 Kent Ohio 44240CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (330) 677-0880
- Usrc Kent LLC3.83 miles away1720 East Main Street Kent Ohio 44240Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 346-0467
- Davita - Munroe Falls6.08 miles away265 North Main Street Munroe Falls Ohio 44262CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 689-1400
- Davita - Summit Renal Care6.89 miles away73 Massillon Road Akron Ohio 44312Dialysis Stations: 15 (330) 733-1861
- Ohio Renal Care Group LLC7.29 miles away320 Broadway St E Cuyahoga Falls Ohio 44221Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 928-4511
- Davita Ravenna Dialysis Total Renal Care7.38 miles away600 Enterprise Parkway Ravenna Ohio 44266Dialysis Stations: 9 (330) 297-5846
- U S Renal Care - Cuyahoga Falls8.02 miles away421 Portage Trail, Suite B Cuyahoga Falls Ohio 44221Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 928-7970
- Davita Akron Renal Center8.39 miles away525 East Market Street Akron Ohio 44304CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (330) 375-6848