Carriage Inn of Steubenville

Although we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a grade of B in nursing. This grade is more impressive than the nursing home's overall grade. In calculating our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

We gave this nursing home a C for inspections. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place had 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were in any of the categories labeled J through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to put patient safety or health in immediate harm or jeopardy. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received some government fines in recent years.

The next area we analyzed is short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a C in this category. Short-term care ratings are important for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the typical facility. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

The last category we assessed is long-term care, ended up being this facility's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this category. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.