Lutheran Home at Toledo
131 North Wheeling Street, Toledo OH 43605 · (419) 693-0751 · 90.94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Lutheran Home at Toledo is one of a host of options you can choose from in Toledo, Ohio. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a solid score. This grade isn't too far off the city grade for Toledo, which is a B-. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's report card is its remarkable inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 85 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that area, with an A. This is a notably better grade than the place's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's better category scores came in the category of short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. It actually outpaced most facilities in this category. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Ohio with 68.2 percent of its residents returning home. At most facilities, less than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Tragically, this facility received an F for its long-term care score. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means the nursing home did not perform well in our measures relating to resident care. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to a relatively low 89.95633 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
Nurse Quality
The next area we scored was nursing. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this area, which is an abysmal score. This is obviously a major disappointment. Our nursing rating includes several factors. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This particular nursing home provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. In addition to ranking below average in nursing hours per resident, this facility also had poor scores in the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in both of these data points. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. These statistics helped pull down this nursing home's nursing grade significantly.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lutheran Home at Toledo Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which have sustained UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better