Heartland of Perrysburg

Heartland of Perrysburg is one of six available nursing homes in Perrysburg, Ohio. Sporting an overall grade of B, this nursing home is a great choice. Based on our analysis, you can do much worse than this facility. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Inspection ratings are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A couple relatively minor dings aren't something to panic about.

This facility really excelled in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed more favorably in this area. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most important for those needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This facility provides more services with registered nurses and physical therapists than most facilities we looked at. This is an encouraging sign. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. It fared better than most facilities in the nation with 55.3 percent of its residents able to return home.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing category weighs several datapoints, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home averages 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Turning to our final category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D in our long-term care category. This is the nursing home's least impressive category score. Naturally, this category hurt the nursing home's overall grade to a certain degree. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.69697 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this facility also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.49 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.