Cottingham Retirement Community is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. This city is among the largest cities in the country with has a population of 795,220 people. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack grade. Even in a city with 74 other nursing homes, this nursing home looks like a quality selection. One of the highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.
Cottingham Retirement Community
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The main reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better grades in that area, with an A-. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Our inspection ratings are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to note that this facility was awarded a great long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it one of our most impressive grades in that area with a score of A-. For patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 93.82023 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is a bit less than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next most favorable area ended up being short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. Our short-term care ratings are vital for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
The final category we analyzed is nursing. We awarded this facility a D for our nursing category, rendering this its least impressive area. When determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses are seeing residents as well as the skill levels of the nurses. With a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this facility's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This facility performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cottingham Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents that have sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 1.8% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 13.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 22.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 20% of Patients
This is the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 90.19% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 15.17% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 18.5% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 18.5 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cottingham Retirement Community, 74.54% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Cincinnati, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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