Crystal Care Center of Ashland is a senior living facility located in Ashland, Ohio. The city has 32,345 people. Our scoring system was not favorable to this nursing home, as it received an overall score of F. Based on our assessment, you would be better off to avoid of this place. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Crystal Care Center of Ashland
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 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 Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is generally in your best interest to avoid facilities that had a long list of deficiencies. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Included in this nursing home's several abysmal grades was its F in the area of long-term care. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 98.907104 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. In determining our nursing grades, we look at both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home offered only 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This facility performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these metrics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the next area, this facility really didn't fare well here either. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in short-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess 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 objective is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Given its weak score in this area, we were not surprised to find that this place provides significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 4.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Crystal Care Center of Ashland Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 5.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 4.92% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients who sustained a fall resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 1.66% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 10.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 22.89% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 2.34% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 98.45% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 6.17% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 11.11% of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 11.11% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 5% of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Crystal Care Center of Ashland, 85.81% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.71 miles away335 Glessner Avenue Mansfield Ohio 44903Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 526-8000
- Avita OntarioAcute Care Hospitals 17.08 miles away715 Richland Mall Mansfield Ohio 44906Voluntary non-profit - Private(567) 307-7666
- Wooster Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.7 miles away1761 Beall Avenue Wooster Ohio 44691Government - Local(330) 263-8100
- Lodi Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.77 miles away225 Elyria Street Lodi Ohio 44254Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 948-1222
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Ashland County2.89 miles away1100 Redwood Drive Ashland Ohio 44805CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (419) 281-7800
- Fmc - Mansfield Kidney Center16.09 miles away647 Bally Row Mansfield Ohio 44906CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (419) 775-1730
- Fmc - Richland County16.11 miles away680 Bally Row Mansfield Ohio 44906CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (419) 774-0180
- Davita - Mid Ohio Dialysis16.91 miles away2148 W 4th St Mansfield Ohio 44906Dialysis Stations: 13 (419) 747-4039
- Davita Wooster Dialysis17.84 miles away4190 Burbank Road Wooster, Ohio Wooster Ohio 44691Dialysis Stations: 12 (330) 345-1130
- Fmc - Wayne County Kidney Center18.04 miles away387 West Milltown Rd Wooster Ohio 44691CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (330) 345-2060