Circleville Center
1155 Atwater Avenue, Circleville OH 43113 · (740) 477-1695 · 71.23% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Circleville Center is located in Circleville, Ohio. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road score. Based on our analysis, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 97 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second best area is long-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the road grade in this area. Long-term care scores are meaningful for people seeking non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.27273 percent of its residents. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. Although it had 1.9 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than most nursing homes due to it having more complicated patients.
Nurse Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing rating. In fact, we gave this facility an impressive grade of D. There are a host of factors included in this grade. Most of these criteria relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. Unfortunately, this nursing home also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its low nursing hours. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and we were very disappointed. This place was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this area. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that so many bed sores could be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic helped pull down this nursing home's nursing rating quite a bit.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the next category, we awarded this facility a grade of D for our short-term care category. This is the facility's least impressive category grade. With our short-term care assessment, we try to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Given its grade in this category, we were not surprised to learn that this place is well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the data we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected here. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 42.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Circleville Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better