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In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections are nearly perfect. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In computing a facility's nursing score, we look at the number of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This place provided 5.9 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is among the highest totals in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by both of these figures. On top of providing high levels of care, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls resulting in serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility Ohio.

Moving on our third category, this nursing home was awarded a strong short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in this area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. This facility excelled at the highest level in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered about 50% more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is an excellent sign. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 40.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

The next category we rated proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still awarded it a respectable grade of B- for our long-term care category. Long-term care grades are generally used to gauge a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a rehabilitation facility. After assessing the very respectable amount of nursing hours provided by this facility, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which appears to be higher than most nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.