Avenue at North Ridgeville

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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6200 Lear Nagle Road,
North Ridgeville OH 44039

(440) 412-7100

61.84% estimated occupancy ¹

Avenue at North Ridgeville is a facility located in North Ridgeville, Ohio. The city has a total of 29,563 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall score of B+, which is a strong grade. In fact, it is the number one rated facility in North Ridgeville. In our view, this facility looks like a solid choice for most people. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category ratings, which are also strong. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation

Awards

Best Nursing Home in North Ridgeville, Ohio Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this place an A+ for inspections. Our inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. It does not appear that we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. We wish we had more information about this nursing home. Without information regarding deficiencies, it is challenging to assess it in the inspections category.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Our nursing grade includes numerous datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving a patient more often.

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Short-term Care Quality

Turning to our next category, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is typically a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we looked at was long-term care. In this category, we awarded this facility a strong grade of B. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 93.93939 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Avenue at North Ridgeville Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Avenue at North Ridgeville, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who suffer from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Avenue at North Ridgeville, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who suffered a fall which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Avenue at North Ridgeville, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Avenue at North Ridgeville, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Avenue at North Ridgeville, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Avenue at North Ridgeville, 20.26% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Avenue at North Ridgeville, 90.12% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Avenue at North Ridgeville, 14.88% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.