Harbor Healthcare of Ironton
1050 Clinton Street, Ironton OH 45638 · (740) 532-6096 · 96.96% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Harbor Healthcare of Ironton is in Ironton, Ohio, a city with 21,635 people. With an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a very poor nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Ironton. The city has just two other nursing homes. If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, you can continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 125 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this nursing home a terrible overall score, we awarded it a B+ for our inspections category. This was due to the facility receiving a quality inspection report this year. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid places that have a long list of severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also pleasantly surprised to find that this nursing home received a decent long-term care score in our assessment. We gave it a grade of C in that area. Our long-term care grades are more important for people needing more traditional assistance related to personal care. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 98.659515 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 2.66 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most facilities since it had more complex patients.
Nurse Quality
We were stunned to find that this facility also excelled in nursing. In fact, we awarded it an impressive grade of D for that category, which is one of our best grades. Our nursing rating weighs many datapoints, however, the main consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility offered only 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This facility was above average in two of the major areas we focus on, with solid scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These datapoints are typically reliable measures of the quality of nursing care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at was short-term care. This nursing home was given a very poor grade of F in this area. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. With its poor score in this area, we weren't stunned to find this facility provides far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. The last measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 36 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Harbor Healthcare of Ironton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
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. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better