Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center
24579 Broadway Ave, Bedford OH 44146 · (440) 439-7976 · 77.2% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center is located in Bedford, Ohio. We gave this nursing home an alarming overall rating based on the data we looked at. Bedford received a city grade of C, so there are other options in the city worth considering. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category grades. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 75 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although this nursing home's overall grade was terrible, it performed well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that area, which is one of our better scores. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's second highest category is short-term care, but it still earned a grade of just D in that category. This ended up being a relatively poor score. Short-term care scores are important for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This means a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. With a score this poor for this area, we were not stunned to discover this place was well below average in several staffing areas we focus on. It offered significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. The last area we looked at in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This place performed better in this area, with 55.6 percent of its patients returning home. This was just about this nursing home's only redeeming quality in this category.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Our nursing grade is mostly tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. Quantity of nursing care is apparently not the problem here with this nursing home's grade. This facility actually provides an above average 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Despite being above average in terms of nursing hours, this facility had abysmal scores in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. For starters, we looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than double the national average in this statistic. This is quite alarming when you consider that many bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the facility's fate of receiving a very poor nursing grade.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was long-term care. This nursing home received a poor grade of F in that area. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes provide. This facility's vaccination records were not as favorable as its number of nursing hours per resident. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 83.77193 percent of its patients. We'd love to see some improvement in this area next year. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better