Located in Steubenville, Ohio, Catherine's Care Center is one of six nursing homes in this city. We awarded this nursing home a respectable overall grade of C. As As it turns out, this proved to be ranked among the top three nursing homes in the city. At the end of the day, this nursing home should be a good fit for most people. The best part of this facility's profile was is its long-term care rating. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Catherine's Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received an elite long-term care grade. We gave it an A- in this category, which really bumped up its overall grade. For patients in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 67.12329 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is slightly lower than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that category, which is one of our better scores. Our nursing grade is primarily based on the facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 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 place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home an impressive grade in short-term care. This nursing home earned a B+ in this category, which is one of our better grades. Our short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Moving on our final category of inspections, this nursing home received an F in this area. This score was detrimental to this nursing home's overall score. When a nursing home has this bad of an inspection score, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This particular facility was hit with 2 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they posed a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was assessed large government fines recently of more than $100,000. This usually suggests that a nursing home's bad track record has been an issue for several years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Catherine's Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Catherine's Care Center, 7.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Catherine's Care Center, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who have had a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Catherine's Care Center, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Catherine's Care Center, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Catherine's Care Center, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Catherine's Care Center, 21.39% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Catherine's Care Center, 88.91% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Catherine's Care Center, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Catherine's Care Center, 12.66% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Catherine's Care Center, 12.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Scores for Steubenville, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- 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 B-plus
Looking for more options? Steubenville, Ohio has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Weirton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.74 miles away601 Colliers Way Weirton West Virginia 26062Government - Local(304) 797-6000
- East Liverpool City HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.61 miles away425 West 5th Street East Liverpool Ohio 43920Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 385-7200
- East Ohio Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.69 miles away90 North Fourth Street Martins Ferry Ohio 43935Voluntary non-profit - Other(740) 633-4205
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Steubenville Home Training Center2.04 miles away1799 Sinclair Avenue Suite 2 Steubenville Ohio 43952Dialysis Stations: 6 (740) 346-2740
- Davita - Steubenville Dialysis2.17 miles away1799 Sinclair Avenue Suite 1 Steubenville Ohio 43953CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (740) 346-2840
- Dialysis Clinic Inc.3.11 miles away4227 Mall Drive Steubenville Ohio 43952Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 266-6687
- Weirton Dialysis Center5.45 miles away100 Colliers Way Suite 1 Weirton West Virginia 26062Dialysis Stations: 17 (304) 748-7384
- Davita - Paris Dialysis5.79 miles away32 Steubenville Pike Burgettstown Pennsylvania 15021Dialysis Stations: 17 (724) 729-3350
- Dci - East Liverpool17.64 miles away325 West 6th Street East Liverpool Ohio 43920CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (330) 382-0835