Meadow Grove Transitional Care is a senior living facility in Grove City, Ohio. This city has 58,424 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires solid scores in most areas. Based on our assessment, you could do much worse than this place. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Meadow Grove Transitional Care
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this place an A+ for the area of inspections. Our inspection grades are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility really excelled in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A-. Only a select group of facilities performed better in this category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 98.257835 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it was given a grade of B. It performed better than most facilities in this category. With our short-term care assessment, we try to craft a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we assessed is nursing, turned out to be this facility's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that area. This is one of the few dings in a quality report card. The nursing score consists of quite a few components, but the primary one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meadow Grove Transitional Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 20.26% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression. High levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 90.12% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility. Some believe that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 12 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Meadow Grove Transitional Care, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Twin Valley Behavioral HealthcarePsychiatric 7.45 miles away2200 West Broad Street Columbus Ohio 43223Government - Local(614) 752-0333
- Mount Carmel WestAcute Care Hospitals 7.78 miles away793 West State Street Columbus Ohio 43222Voluntary non-profit - Private(614) 234-5000
- Nationwide Children's HospitalChildrens 8.22 miles away700 Children's Drive Columbus Ohio 43205Voluntary non-profit - Private(614) 722-2000
- Doctors HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.41 miles away5100 West Broad Street Columbus Ohio 43228Voluntary non-profit - Church(614) 544-1000
- Grant Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.49 miles away111 South Grant Avenue Columbus Ohio 43215Voluntary non-profit - Church(614) 566-9000
- Ohio State University HospitalsAcute Care Hospitals 10.34 miles away410 West 10th Avenue Columbus Ohio 43210Government - State(614) 293-9700
- Riverside Methodist HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.79 miles away3535 Olentangy River Rd Columbus Ohio 43214Voluntary non-profit - Private(614) 566-5000
- Diley Ridge Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.34 miles away7911 Diley Road Canal Winchester Ohio 43110Voluntary non-profit - Private(614) 838-7910
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Grove City Dialysis2.24 miles away4155 Kelnor Drive Grove City Ohio 43123Dialysis Stations: 8 (614) 801-0323
- Fmc - Grove City3.12 miles away3149 Farm Bank Way Groveport Ohio 43125CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (614) 875-2349
- Davita - Columbus West Dialysis6.27 miles away1395 Georgesville Road Columbus Ohio 43228Dialysis Stations: 12 (614) 279-8495
- Davita - Columbus West at Home6.28 miles away1391 Georgesville Rd. Columbus Ohio 43228Dialysis Stations: 3 (614) 279-8495
- Kidney Center of Columbus South6.97 miles away2046 Lockbourne Rd Columbus Ohio 43207Dialysis Stations: 20 (614) 449-7300
- Fmc - Mt. Carmel West7.76 miles away745 West State St Suite 660 Columbus Ohio 43222Dialysis Stations: 20 (614) 224-2344
- Fmc Liberty Dialysis West Columbus8.06 miles away4500 West Broad St Columbus Ohio 43228Dialysis Stations: 19 (614) 853-5995
- Nationwide Childrens Hospital8.21 miles away700 Childrens Dr t6a Columbus Ohio 43205Dialysis Stations: 7 (614) 722-4859