Laurels of Hillsboro

Laurels of Hillsboro is an average-sized facility located in Hillsboro, Ohio. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B. A grade in this range requires solid marks in most areas. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Hillsboro. Fortunately, this place did not have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility 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+. Inspection grades are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider 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.

This nursing home fared well in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a score of A- for that category, which is one of our best grades. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 97.14286 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. This facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.49 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.

This nursing home received a strong short-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our better scores in that area with a grade of B. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Ohio with 59.5 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, at most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.

Our final area is nursing, where we gave this nursing home a C in this area. The nursing score consists of several data points, but the most important one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided just 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, our nursing scores also consider some quality-focused statistics. We like to look at the percentage of patients who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since superior care can reduce these issues.