Mentor Ridge Health and Rehabilitation
8151 Norton Parkway, Mentor OH 44060 · (440) 299-5500 · 94.24% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Mentor, Ohio, Mentor Ridge Health and Rehabilitation is one of four available facilities in the area. Featuring an overall score of B, this facility is a fine option. This nursing home proved to be one of the better nursing homes in the city. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this facility fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we gave it a grade of A+ for this category, which is one of our highest grades. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other achievements is its superb short-term care grade. It received one of our most favorable scores in that category, with a grade of A-. In determining these short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place fared as well as just about any nursing home in Ohio in this area with 65.2 percent of its patients returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of C in this category is by no means a bad score. When calculating a nursing home's nursing grade, we look at the number of hours nurses are with patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also considered some quality-based measures. This place performed well in a few of the quality measures we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place outpaced the national average. This is generally an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented with better nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is a decent grade in this category. With our long-term care score, we analyze the amount of care offered by a nursing home, along with some quality measures. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.28 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mentor Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better