Heartland of Bellefontaine is a nursing home in Bellefontaine, Ohio, a city with a population of 19,240 people. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel overall rating based on the data we looked at. This facility is just about as bad as it gets. While this nursing home received suboptimal grades this year, we did want to let you know that there was a recent ownership change. We will keep an eye on their inspections and quality scores to see whether their performance warrants better scores in the future.
Heartland of Bellefontaine
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Please note our records indicate that Heartland of Bellefontaine has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this place's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 6 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.
Long-term Care Quality
Included in this nursing home's litany of poor grades was its F in the area of long-term care. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to only 56.30252 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best feature in this category.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. Nursing ratings are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This place offered a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is quite a bit below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we scored was short-term care. We gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is a very poor score. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is more often than not a meaningful measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. With its poor score in this area, we were not surprised to discover this nursing home provides far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.8 percent of its patients returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heartland of Bellefontaine Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which have had falls which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric can also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 20.26% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 90.12% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 12 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heartland of Bellefontaine, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mary Rutan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.2 miles away205 Palmer Avenue Bellefontaine Ohio 43311Voluntary non-profit - Private(937) 599-7002
- Mercy Health - Urbana HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.02 miles away904 Scioto Street Urbana Ohio 43078Voluntary non-profit - Private(937) 653-5231
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Mad River Dialysis Ctr1.48 miles away130 Dowell Avenue Bellefontaine Ohio 43311Dialysis Stations: 16 (937) 292-7050
- Davita - Midwest Urbana Dialysis18.09 miles away1430 u.s.hwy 36 E., Suite A Urbana Ohio 43078Dialysis Stations: 12 (937) 484-4600