Kingston of Miamisburg

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Our inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Another one of this nursing home's impressive category scores came in the category of short-term care. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with a score of B+. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Nursing scores are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 nursing home Ohio in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning residents more often.

The last category we assessed was long-term care, in which this facility received a grade of B-. Although this proved to be its weakest category grade, this is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 97.17742 percent of its residents, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.