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Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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75 Kimes Lane,
Athens OH 45701

(740) 593-3391

80.65% estimated occupancy ¹

Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center is a facility located in Athens, Ohio, which has a total of 34,122 people. Featuring an overall score of B, this facility is a very good choice. You can definitely do much worse than this place. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card is its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Partnership
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Audiology

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Facility Inspections

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home 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-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.

Short-term Care Quality

Contributing to its profile, this facility also earned a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this category. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is more often than not a fair measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

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Long-term Care Quality

The third area we analyzed is long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinates 96.052635 percent of its residents against pneumonia. This facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

The last category we scored is nursing. We gave it a C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. Our nursing score includes a number of data points. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This facility provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we look at quality-based metrics, such as the percentage of patients who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these data points are indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 9.21% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 2.16% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 14.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents that were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 25.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 27.66% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 97.46% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 16.51% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 21.91% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 21.91% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 19.31% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Kimes Nursing & Rehab Center, 72.13% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.