Elms Retirement Village is a nursing home in Wellington, Ohio, which has 11,504 people. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is a high-end rating. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. This facility also received very consistent ratings in all four of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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Elms Retirement Village
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also earned A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly perfect. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
On the list of its many elite grades, this nursing home was given a strong long-term care grade. In fact, it received a grade of A in this category. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.25373 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia can be a deadly condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating is primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the next category, this facility was awarded a very strong short-term care grade. We awarded it a grade of B+ in that area, finishing off one of our more impressive report cards. In computing these short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Elms Retirement Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Elms Retirement Village, 7.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Elms Retirement Village, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Elms Retirement Village, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of long-term care patients that suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Elms Retirement Village, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Elms Retirement Village, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Elms Retirement Village, 21.39% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients showing signs of depression. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Elms Retirement Village, 88.91% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Elms Retirement Village, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Elms Retirement Village, 12.66% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Elms Retirement Village, 12.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Elms Retirement Village, 12.98 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Elms Retirement Village, 75.85% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy Health-Allen HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 8.83 miles away200 West Lorain Street Oberlin Ohio 44074Voluntary non-profit - Private(440) 775-1211
- Lodi Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.88 miles away225 Elyria Street Lodi Ohio 44254Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 948-1222
- Mercy Health-Lorain HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.68 miles away3700 Kolbe Road Lorain Ohio 44053Voluntary non-profit - Private(440) 960-4000
- Medina HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.78 miles away1000 East Washington Street Medina Ohio 44256Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 725-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Elyria Renal Care Group15.14 miles away5316 Hoag Drive H Mcdonald Dialysis Ctr Elyria Ohio 44035Dialysis Stations: 20 (440) 934-5700
- Fmc - Heritage Dialysis15.61 miles away1160 East Broad St. Elyria Ohio 44035CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (440) 365-1811
- Fmc - Amherst Dialysis16.56 miles away1168 Cleveland Avenue Amherst Ohio 44001CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (440) 985-2280
- Davita - Center Ridge Dialysis17.32 miles away38630 Center Ridge Road North Ridgeville Ohio 44039Dialysis Stations: 14 (440) 327-2070
- Davita - Amherst Dialysis17.48 miles away3200 Cooper Foster Park Rd. W. Lorain Ohio 44053Dialysis Stations: 19 (440) 989-1410
- Davita Medina Square Dialysis18.36 miles away740 North Court Street Medina Ohio 44256Dialysis Stations: 8 (330) 721-7824
- Fmc - Dialysis Specialists of Northeast Ohio18.4 miles away1070 Abbe Road North Elyria Ohio 44035Dialysis Stations: 21 (440) 365-8165