ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Barberton)

To go along with its relatively modest overall grade, we awarded this facility an A for its inspection grade. This is far more impressive than its overall grade. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

In addition, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was given impressive long-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our more favorable scores in this area, with a B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second highest score. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.33555 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. Our nursing category analyzes a handful of datapoints, most of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

The final area we scored is short-term care. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. Short-term care grades are critical for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 4.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.