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Liberty Retirement Community of Lima

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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2440 Baton Rouge Avenue,
Lima OH 45805

(419) 331-2273

72.46% estimated occupancy 1

Liberty Retirement Community of Lima is a nursing home in Lima, Ohio, which has a total of 86,954 people. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade of this caliber requires some respectable marks. Based on our assessment, this facility would be a solid choice for most people. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Radiation Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

It should also be noted that this facility's inspection score outpaced its overall score. We awarded it a B+ for its inspections rating, which is a very solid score. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Additionally, we also would like to note that this facility was awarded favorable short-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our better grades in this category, with a grade of B. This turned out to be the facility's second strongest score. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it looks like 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. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better grades. There are many subcategories included in this area. Most of these datapoints relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Moving on to the fourth area, this facility was awarded a B- in long-term care, which is a respectable rating. In determining our long-term care grades, we analyze the facility's personal care services. One of the data points we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 92.34973 percent of its residents. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Liberty Retirement Community of Lima Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 9.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 4.37% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic can be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 4.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 25.97% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 1.28% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 94.67% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 13.13% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 13.07% of Residents

This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 0.05 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 13.07% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 11.61% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Liberty Retirement Community of Lima, 56.83% of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.

Scores for Lima, OH

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

Looking for more options? Lima, Ohio has 7 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mercy Health-St Rita's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.64 miles away730 West Market Street Lima Ohio 45801Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 227-3361
  • Bluffton HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.24 miles away139 Garau Street Bluffton Ohio 45817Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 358-9010
  • Ridgeview Behavioral HospitalPsychiatric 18.81 miles away17872 Lincoln Highway Middle Point Ohio 45863Proprietary(419) 968-2950
  • Grand Lake Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 19.7 miles away200 Saint Clair Street Saint Marys Ohio 45885Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 394-3335

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care Lima2.59 miles away750 W High Street, Suite 100 Lima Ohio 45801CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (419) 223-3391
  • Lima Memorial Hospital / Dialysis Services3.95 miles away1001 Bellefontaine Avenue Lima Ohio 45804Dialysis Stations: 20 (419) 226-5032
  • Fmc-Putnam Cty Ambulatory Care Ctr-Dialysis17.68 miles away601 State Rt 224 p.o. Box 100 Glandorf Ohio 45848Dialysis Stations: 12 (419) 538-7406

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=365936