Humility House
755 Ohltown Road, Youngstown OH 44515 · (330) 505-0144 · 84.28% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Humility House is one of a multitude of options to select from in Youngstown, Ohio. This nursing home turns out to be a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. Indeed, this proved to be better than most of the facilities in Youngstown. As you will find below, this nursing home also performed well in our category ratings. It's hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 70 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home really excelled in long-term care, where it received an impressive grade of A-. Few facilities fared better in this area. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. On top of providing very favorable levels of nursing care, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.53488 percent of its residents. This statistic is also significantly better than the average nursing home. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 1.79 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than the majority of nursing homes since it had some more complicated patients.
Nurse Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing grade is primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 5.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is among the better figures in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by these figures. On top of providing high levels of nursing care, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls leading to serious injury, this place performed as well as any facility the nation. Preventing serious falls is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are employed.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed at a high level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with a grade of A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we scored is short-term care, in which this facility was given a B. This nursing home proved to be relatively strong in all areas we analyzed. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 39 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Humility House Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which have experienced UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents which were given antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility. Many would argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
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 patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better