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Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve's website

5000 Sowul Boulevard,
Stow OH 44224

(330) 653-8722

80.12% estimated occupancy 1

Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve is a nursing home in Stow, Ohio. This city has a population of 38,742 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack grade. Based on our analysis, there are certainly much worse nursing homes out there. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was short-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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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
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pain Management
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Catheter Care

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Stow, Ohio badge

Best Nursing Home in Stow, Ohio Awards 2019

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility really excelled at short-term care. We gave it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. This really salvaged its overall profile. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is generally a meaningful assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This facility also performed well in the area of inspections. It received one of our best scores in that area with a score of B+. Our inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspections. Facilities that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. We would like to have more information about this facility. Without all of the deficiency data, it was difficult to grade this nursing home in this category.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. In computing our nursing scores, we analyze both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This facility averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is well below average. Finally, while this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed well in this metric.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next category we rated was long-term care, which turned out to be this facility's weakest area. We gave it a lowly F for this area, which is certainly very concerning. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated just 80.67633 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 7.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a fall which caused serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by poor nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term patients who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 21.39% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 88.91% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 14.84% Percentage of Patients

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

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 12.66% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 12.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 12.98 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Altercare Transitional Care of the Western Reserve, 75.85% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Summa Western Reserve HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.36 miles away1900 23rd Street Cuyahoga Falls Ohio 44223Voluntary non-profit - Other(330) 971-7000
  • Summa Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 9.15 miles away525 East Market Street Akron Ohio 44309Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 375-3000
  • University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.16 miles away6847 N Chestnut Ravenna Ohio 44266Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 297-2300
  • Akron General Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.06 miles away1 Akron General Avenue Akron Ohio 44307Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 344-6000
  • Marymount HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.12 miles away12300 Mccracken Road Cleveland Ohio 44125Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 581-0500
  • University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.28 miles away3999 Richmond Road Beachwood Ohio 44122Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 593-5510

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Munroe Falls3.57 miles away265 North Main Street Munroe Falls Ohio 44262CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 689-1400
  • Fmc - Portage County Kidney Center4.37 miles away401 Devon Place Ste 100 Kent Ohio 44240CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (330) 677-0880
  • Fmc - Streetsboro Kidney Center4.92 miles away9200 Staples Drive, Ste A Streetsboro Ohio 44241Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 422-0160
  • Ohio Renal Care Group LLC5.16 miles away320 Broadway St E Cuyahoga Falls Ohio 44221Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 928-4511
  • U S Renal Care - Cuyahoga Falls5.33 miles away421 Portage Trail, Suite B Cuyahoga Falls Ohio 44221Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 928-7970
  • Usrc Kent LLC5.43 miles away1720 East Main Street Kent Ohio 44240Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 346-0467
  • Davita Twinsburg Dialysis8.1 miles away2592 E. Aurora Rd. Suite 100 Twinsburg Ohio 44087Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 405-3030
  • Davita Ravenna Dialysis Total Renal Care8.97 miles away600 Enterprise Parkway Ravenna Ohio 44266Dialysis Stations: 9 (330) 297-5846

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=366434