Columbus Health and Rehab

We also wanted to emphasize that this nursing home earned near flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this category. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Nursing ratings are primarily based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

We also want to note the fact that this nursing home was awarded a dominant grade of A- in our short-term care area. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is frequently a reliable assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

The next category we looked at is long-term care. We awarded this facility a solid score in this area, with a grade of C. Although this isn't as strong as several of this nursing home's other scores, it is still a middle of the pack score. In forming these long-term care grades, we quantify the facility's personal care services. After we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.