Aultman Transitional Care Center

One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it received an A+ short-term care grade. In the area of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our nursing score assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Amazingly, we also awarded this nursing home yet another A+ in the area of inspections. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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.

The last category we scored was this nursing home's poorest category. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still awarded it a respectable grade of C for long-term care. In computing our long-term care ratings, we analyze the personal care offered to a nursing home's patients. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were not able to track down information on vaccination rates. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.