Concordia at Sumner
970 Sumner Parkway, Akron OH 44321 · (330) 664-1000 · 97.08% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Concordia at Sumner is in Akron, Ohio, which is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the country. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this is without a doubt a high quality nursing home. Indeed, we were so impressed with this facility that we rated it substantially ahead of most of the nursing homes in Akron. As you can see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category scores. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 48 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a great facility overall, it also received A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections were virtually perfect. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its first-rate achievements in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for its short-term care grade. In determining these short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we considered the number of patients that returned home from this nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in this area with 71 percent of its patients returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also excelled in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Very few nursing homes fared better in this area. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. After assessing the very impressive nursing hours provided by this facility, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.13793 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
The final category we assessed was nursing, where this facility received a B. Although this turned out to be its worst category rating, this is nevertheless a quality grade. In computing our nursing ratings, we analyze both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. With 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the overwhelming majority of facilities. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its patients sustaining falls which lead to serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home in Ohio.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Concordia at Sumner Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents which have sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a measure 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 residents that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better