Apostolic Christian Home
10680 Steiner Road, Rittman OH 44270 · (330) 927-1010 · 93.73% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Apostolic Christian Home is a small non-profit nursing home located in Rittman, Ohio. This nursing home turns out to be an A+ rated facility, which is our very best rating. In fact, we ranked this facility number 292 in the nation. This puts it in the top two percent of all nursing homes. If you look further down this page, you can see this nursing home's category grades, which are just as strong as its overall rating.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 75 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we have deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A+. We weighed the skill-level of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in computing our score in this area. This facility boasts a really impressive 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With under five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers could be prevented by providing better nursing care and having a protocol of turning patients even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
The third category we analyzed is long-term care. This facility also received an A+ long-term care grade, making it one of the few facilities to be given several A+ category grades. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to really impressive nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination record was superb also. In fact, it vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.88 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In our final category, we awarded this facility a grade of A+ for our short-term care grade. This topped off a very strong profile. Our short-term care grades are vital for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. It outperformed the overwhelming majority of nursing homes in the country in this area with 58 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Apostolic Christian Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better