Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe is an average-sized nursing home in Akron, Ohio. Featuring an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a very poor nursing home. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 17 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. We were surprised to find that this facility actually received one decent category grade in inspections, which you can read more about below.
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Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
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Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. Our inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility an F. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is an alarmingly low total. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. This facility performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was short-term care. This facility's was given a rock-bottom short-term care score where it received a lowly F. In calculating these short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Considering its grade in this category, we were not surprised to find that this facility is well below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we assessed. Honestly, this was what we expected to find. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we rated is long-term care. This facility received a very poor grade of F in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated only 76.39257 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 6.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 1.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 25.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 19.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 83.92% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 86.94% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 22.69% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 12.44% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 12.44% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Divine Rehabilitation & Nursing at Canal Pointe, 80.73% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Akron, 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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