Harmony Court Rehab and Nursing

Harmony Court Rehab and Nursing is an average-sized facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. With a abysmal overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. Fortunately, if you aren't satisfied with this facility, there are 74 nursing homes to choose from in the city so you should be able to find a better option. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Unfortunately, this facility's next most respectable category was short-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this category, it still fared relatively badly. In the category of short-term care, we seek to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. With a grade this poor in this area, we were not shocked to learn that this facility was well below average in many staffing areas we assess. The facility offered far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. There are a variety of criteria included in this area. Most of the subcategories are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home was above average in two of the metrics we considered, with good scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These statistics are typically reliable measures of the quality of nursing care available.

Switching gears to the last category, this facility really didn't fare well here either. With a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as terrible as it gets. For residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home vaccinated 95.09345 percent of its patients, which is an above average figure. To our surprise, this facility also keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.