Austinwoods Rehab Health Care
4780 Kirk Rd, Youngstown OH 44515 · (330) 792-7681 · 68.13% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Austinwoods Rehab Health Care is in Youngstown, Ohio, a city with a population of 163,222 people. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average rating. Even in a city of 21 nursing homes, this facility is appealing. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 134 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining 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.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a strong short-term care score. Indeed, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 62.4 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also received favorable long-term care scores this year. In fact, we gave it one of our stronger scores in that category, with a score of B. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After considering the impressive nursing hours provided by this nursing home, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the average nursing home. This combination proved to be effective as this facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.26 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The next category we graded is nursing. This nursing home was given a better than average nursing score this year, with a grade of B. This facility truly did not have any weak areas. There are several subcategories within this grade. Many of these subcategories relate to staffing levels. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is much better than what is offered by most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, it performed as well as any facility the country in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care provided.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Austinwoods Rehab Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates 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 indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better