Kingston Rehabilitation of Perrysburg

One of the reasons this place ended up being a great nursing home is it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this critical area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily something to panic about.

This facility also was awarded a top-shelf short-term care score. Indeed, this is this nursing home's second most impressive category score. In that area, this facility received a grade of A. In forming these short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. When computing a facility's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses are with residents as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The last area we assessed is long-term care. We awarded this facility a decent grade in that category, with a grade of B-. While this wasn't as dominant as a few of its other grades, it is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinates 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This place keeps 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.