Arbors West
375 West Main Street, West Jefferson OH 43162 · (614) 879-7661 · 78.58% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Arbors West is in West Jefferson, Ohio. This is a well below average nursing home, with an overall grade of D. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in West Jefferson. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection score. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category scores
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we didn't rate this nursing home favorably overall, we did give it an excellent score in the category of inspections, where it earned an A. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid places that had too many deficiencies. This facility received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best area was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. This is essentially a middle of the pack score in this category. For residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 69.93007 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly lower than average. The last datapoint we looked at is its hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had a relatively high 4.84 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Neither its vaccination record nor its hospitalization rate were strengths for this facility in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
We gave this nursing home just a D for our short-term care rating. This is not a very good score. In forming our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. With its grade in this category, we were not stunned to discover that this place was well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we assessed. Honestly, this was about what we expected here. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This place performed better in this area, with 51.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we assessed was nursing, is this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in this category. Nursing scores are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. With a meager 3.1 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were significantly below the national average. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home was above average in two of the major statistics we focus on, with solid marks for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Arbors West Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered a fall resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may be a sign worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility. Some believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better