Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center is one of five facilities in Newark, Ohio. This facility received a concerning overall grade of D in our grading scheme. Although this score isn't too far off the city grade in Newark which is a C, you still should be able to do better. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was short-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
Even though we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B+ for our short-term care score. In computing our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This area is more often than not a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
We actually gave this facility a very solid score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we gave it a grade of B- in this category. This is better than many facilities in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Our nursing grade assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This place performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care, where this nursing home received an abysmal score in this area also. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this category, which is definitely very concerning. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 91.90752 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 7.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percentage of long-term care residents which experienced a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 1.8% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 13.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 22.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 20% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 90.19% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 15.17% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 18.5% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 18.5 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Flint Ridge Nrsg & Rehab Center, 74.54% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Newark, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Hospitals
- Licking Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.24 miles away1320 West Main Street Newark Ohio 43055Voluntary non-profit - Private(220) 564-4000
Nearby Dialysis
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