Hill View Retirement Center is one of five available facilities in Portsmouth, Ohio. Featuring an overall score of A, this proved to be the highest graded facility in Portsmouth. Based on our ratings, this facility is simply as good as it gets. Keep reading to see this facility's category grades, which also impressed us. You just can't do much better than a straight A profile.
Hill View Retirement Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was superb in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of A. Very few nursing homes received a better grade in this category. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more important for people in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a top-shelf long-term care score. In fact, this turned out to be this facility's third strongest category score. In that area, we awarded this facility a score of A. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
In the final area, this nursing home also was awarded an impressive nursing rating, with a grade of A-. This finished off a rare straight A profile. Our nursing grade assesses quite a few subcategories, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving residents even once per day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hill View Retirement Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hill View Retirement Center, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hill View Retirement Center, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hill View Retirement Center, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hill View Retirement Center, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hill View Retirement Center, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hill View Retirement Center, 20.26% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Many would argue that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hill View Retirement Center, 90.12% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hill View Retirement Center, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hill View Retirement Center, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Hill View Retirement Center, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hill View Retirement Center, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hill View Retirement Center, 12 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hill View Retirement Center, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Portsmouth, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- 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
Looking for more options? Portsmouth, Ohio has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Kings Daughters Medical Center OhioAcute Care Hospitals 0.99 miles away1901 Argonne Road Portsmouth Ohio 45662Voluntary non-profit - Private(740) 991-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci - Portsmouth0.94 miles away1207 17th Street Portsmouth Ohio 45662CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (740) 351-0596
- Fmc - Portsmouth1.25 miles away1648 11th Street Portsmouth Ohio 45662Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 353-7788