With more than 25 facilities to choose from having an address in Cincinnati, Ohio, Brookwood Retirement Community is one of the seemingly endless list of nursing homes. With an overall score of B-, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. In a city without an elite selection of nursing homes, we found that this nursing home was better than the average facility in the city. We were also pleased to find that this facility received consistently decent grades in all of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.
Brookwood Retirement Community
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing rating was notably better than its overall score. With a strong performance in this area, it earned one of our better scores in nursing with a B+. Our nursing score is based on many datapoints, however, the main consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
Inspections is another area where this nursing home excelled. We gave this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also received a strong short-term care score. Indeed, we gave them a B in this category, which happens to be one of our better. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the last category, this nursing home was given a grade of C for long-term care, which is generally a respectable rating. Our long-term care grades are more critical for patients in need of more traditional assistance associated with activities of daily living. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 99.40476 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brookwood Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who had falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 20.26% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Higher levels of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 90.12% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 12 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brookwood Retirement Community, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Cincinnati, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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