Ashtabula County Nursing Home
5740 Dibble Road, Kingsville OH 44048 · (440) 224-2161 · 78.27% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Ashtabula County Nursing Home is located in Kingsville, Ohio, a city with a total of 2,565 people. Featuring an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most prospective patients. This place truly has plenty going for it. The best part of this nursing home's report card is is its long-term care rating. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 133 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our long-term care grade. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of very favorable nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination records was top notch as well. In fact, this facility vaccinated 99.45652 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This combination proved to be effective as this facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.66 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also received top notch inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that category, with an A-. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was short-term care. It received one of our most impressive scores in that area, with a grade of A-. Our short-term care scores are important for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who returned home from the nursing home. It performed better than most facilities in this area with 55.3 percent of its residents returning home. With most nursing homes, less than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the final category, this facility was given a very strong nursing score. This nursing home did not end up having any real weaknesses. Our nursing score features a host of data points. The most important factor is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This facility offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 4.1 hours per patient daily. This is more nursing care than nearly any other facility provides. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls which lead to major injury, this place performed better than the national average. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ashtabula County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better