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Birchwood Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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4070 Hamilton Mason Road,
Hamilton OH 45011

(513) 868-3300

95.06% estimated occupancy 1

Birchwood Care Center is a small nursing home in Hamilton, Ohio. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires solid marks in most areas. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Hamilton. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

One of the reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is that it earned an impressive inspection rating. In fact, inspections is its best category. In this category, we awarded this facility an A. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility was awarded impressive marks in the category of long-term care as well. As a result, we awarded it one of our most favorable scores in that category with a score of A-. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 73.03371 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be slightly below what we expected but still a decent figure. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, at least this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home was awarded its third highest category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of C in this category, which is a decent grade. Short-term care ratings are critical for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The final category we scored was nursing. In this category, we gave this facility a grade of C. Our nursing score features several factors. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This particular facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is far below the national average. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused metrics. We look at the percentage of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these statistics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since superior care can reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Birchwood Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Birchwood Care Center, 3.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Birchwood Care Center, 4.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a fall resulting in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Birchwood Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents who experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Birchwood Care Center, 8.55% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Birchwood Care Center, 9.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Birchwood Care Center, 52.99% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Birchwood Care Center, 84.69% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Birchwood Care Center, 21.21% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Birchwood Care Center, 8.89% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Birchwood Care Center, 8.89% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Birchwood Care Center, 96.78% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Hamilton, OH

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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