Burton Health Care Center

Burton Health Care Center is located in Burton, Ohio. The city has 6,444 people. With an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. Based on our assessment, this facility would be a solid choice for quite a few people. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

This nursing home was awarded its next most favorable category grade in the category of long-term care. We awarded this facility a B- in this category, which is a respectable score. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 96.190475 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.54 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.

The third area we looked at was short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a B-. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more meaningful for people needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. It offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This proved to be more of a strength for this facility. In fact, we found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes in the nation in this area with 53.3 percent of its residents returning home.

Moving on to our final category, this facility received an acceptable nursing score of C. Our nursing rating focuses on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also weigh quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed above average in this area. This is often a good indicator of how carefully a place's nursing staff is tending to its patients. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses and superior safety protocols are in place.