Meadows of Ottawa The

Meadows of Ottawa The is one of just a couple available nursing homes located in Ottawa, Ohio. It looks like this is a fine nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable grade. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. This facility also received very consistent grades in all four of our categories. More information about its category grades is available below.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility really excelled in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.27536 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.53 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing score weighs a host of subcategories. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning residents more frequently.

Moving on to the last category, this facility was awarded a highly favorable short-term care score. This nursing home did not end up having any noticeable weaknesses. In our short-term care category, we try to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. It was respectable in this area with 48.5 percent of its residents returning home.