Four Winds Nursing Facility is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Jackson, Ohio. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road grade. You could definitely do worse than this place. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its exemplary inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Four Winds Nursing Facility
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This facility earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless health inspection reports in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a positive long-term care score. In fact, we gave it a grade of B in that category, which happens to be one of our more favorable scores. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. Nursing ratings are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This figure is significantly below average. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed is short-term care. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this category, which is a rock bottom grade. This is clearly a major concern. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Given its score in this category, we weren't stunned to find that this place was well below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected here. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 4.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Four Winds Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients that have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint can be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 20.26% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 90.12% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 12 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Four Winds Nursing Facility, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Holzer Medical Center JacksonCritical Access Hospitals 4.46 miles away500 Burlington Road Jackson Ohio 45640Voluntary non-profit - Private(740) 395-8500
Nearby Dialysis
- Jackson Regional Dialysis Center3.05 miles away3 Acy Avenue, Suite B Jackson Ohio 45640Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 286-8200
- Fmc - Indian Hills3.56 miles away820 Veterans Drive Jackson Ohio 45640Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 286-5556
- Davita - Mccarty Lane Dialysis3.83 miles away500 Mccarty Lane Jackson Ohio 45640Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 286-1600