Edgewood Manor of Lucasville Ii

We want to point out that this facility earned a much better grade for long-term care than it received overall. In fact, we gave it one of our highest grades in that area with an A. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Inspections is another area where this facility excelled. In fact, we awarded this facility an B+ for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. There are quite a few datapoints included in this category. Many of the datapoints reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

The final area we scored is short-term care, ended up being this facility's worst area. We awarded this facility a D in this category. Short-term care grades are typically employed to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Considering its grade in this category, we weren't surprised to learn that this place is well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.