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Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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721 Hickory St,
Akron OH 44303

(330) 762-6486

87.63% estimated occupancy 1

Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center is a large facility located in Akron, Ohio. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some solid marks. Based on our analysis, this place likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the best aspects of this facility's report card is its stellar inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Bariatric Care
  • Colostomy Care
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with its decent overall score, we gave this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. This grade is far more impressive than its overall rating. Our inspection ratings are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This facility also received a favorable score in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B in that area. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Once we assessed the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 68.90595 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing grade. We gave this nursing home an impressive grade of D. Nursing grades are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these metrics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final area we rated was short-term care. Sadly, it received an abysmal F for this category, which is a rock bottom grade. This is clearly a significant disappointment. In crafting our short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. With its abysmal grade in this area, we were not surprised to discover this place provided far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. Finally, we considered the number of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. 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.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 4.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 2.88% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who sustained a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 28.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 25.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 56.62% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 82.85% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 31.83% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 12.21% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 12.21% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Hickory Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center, 57.07% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.

Scores for Akron, OH

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=365134