Arbors at Stow

Although we did not rate this nursing home highly overall, we want to draw your attention to its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid facilities with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an B-. We scrutinized the levels of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses worked with residents, in calculating our rating in this category. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics. While this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this area. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning a resident at least once a day.

Turning to the category of short-term care, this nursing home received just a D in this area. Short-term care ratings are meaningful for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. With its poor grade in this category, we were not stunned to find that this place provides significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics doomed this facility's short-term care score.

Turning to our fourth category, this facility didn't fare well here either. Due to a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is about as as uninspiring as it gets. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.850395 percent of its residents, which is more than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.