Harbor Healthcare of Ironton is a large facility located in Ironton, Ohio. With an overall score of C, this is likely a solid facility. Based on our assessment, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. We were also pleased to discover that this nursing home received consistently decent grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Harbor Healthcare of Ironton
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 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 Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of having a decent overall grade, we also want to point out that this nursing home earned favorable health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in this category, with a B. This is a notably better score than the nursing home's overall score. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best area is long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B-. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. There are a host of criteria within this grade. Most of these datapoints relate to levels 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 facility fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last area, this facility received a grade of C for short-term care, which is an acceptable score. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The more important thing is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Harbor Healthcare of Ironton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which have had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percentage of long-term patients which experienced a UTI. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for treating a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 20.26% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 90.12% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 12 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Harbor Healthcare of Ironton, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
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