With an address in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Country Court is one of six available facilities in this area. This nursing home is a decent facility, with an overall grade of C. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Mount Vernon, which admittedly is admittedly a bit below average nationally. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Country Court
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
We want to note that this nursing home's short-term care score exceeded its overall grade. This nursing home received a B in this area, which is a strong score. In calculating our short-term care grades, we size up the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is frequently a useful measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
We also awarded this nursing home a B- for our inspections rating. This is more impressive than its overall grade. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. When computing our nursing scores, we analyze both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is far below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics. While this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did well in this metric. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving a patient more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the last category, this facility did not fare very well. With a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this was this nursing home's poorest category grade. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 97.54601 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Country Court Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Country Court, 4.92% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Country Court, 2.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents which experienced falls resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Country Court, 0.62% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who had UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Country Court, 15.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Country Court, 32.37% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Country Court, 0% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Country Court, 98.77% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Country Court, 24.09% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Country Court, 21% of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Country Court, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Country Court, 21% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Country Court, 7.33% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Country Court, 69.19% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for Mount Vernon, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Mount Vernon, Ohio has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Knox Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.11 miles away1330 Coshocton Road Mount Vernon Ohio 43050Voluntary non-profit - Other(740) 393-9000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Apple Valley0.23 miles away1485 Coshocton Road Mount Vernon Ohio 43050Dialysis Stations: 9 (740) 392-3436
- Fmc - Knox County Kidney Center0.4 miles away14 Wood Lake Trail Mount Vernon Ohio 43050Dialysis Stations: 14 (740) 393-1624