Avenue at Lyndhurst

On top of being a great facility overall, it also received A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually flawless. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We weren't able to locate deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To add to its top-shelf accomplishments in other areas, we awarded this facility a score of A- for its long-term care grade. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. This facility performed favorably enough in these metrics to receive an impressive score in this area.

In addition, this facility also was awarded favorable short-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we gave it one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more critical for individuals requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Switching gears to the final area, this facility received a very strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it a B+ in that area, wrapping up one of our more impressive profiles. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Ohio in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning a resident at least once a day.