Avenue at Broadview Heights

Avenue at Broadview Heights is one of just a few available facilities in Broadview Heights, Ohio. We awarded this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the United States. You really can not do any better than this facility. The best part of this facility's impressive profile was its inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph

In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection score. This score is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To complement its strong assessments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for its long-term care score. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. On the whole this looks like a solid option for long-term care.

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. There are a variety of subcategories within this area. Most of the datapoints are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 5.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to offering high levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any facility in the nation in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered.

The last category we analyzed is short-term care, in which this nursing home received a B. While this proved to be its worst category rating, this is nevertheless an above average rating. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is considered to be a fair assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.