Aultman Transitional Care Center

In addition to being a first-rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an A+. In determining our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. This nursing home is substantially above the national average in terms of its quantity of both physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. In fact, it provided about 50% more care per resident from both of these care providers than the average facility provided. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Ohio in this area with 77.1 percent of its residents returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.

This nursing home also earned an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. Our inspection scores account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. The nursing category includes quite a few datapoints, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 6.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This was one of the more impressive figures we found. Furthermore, a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. In addition to providing impressive levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. It performed as well as any facility in the nation in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

The last area we looked at was long-term care. In this area, we awarded this facility a solid grade of C. This actually is this facility's worst category. For patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility submitted vaccination data. Finally, this place excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.