With more than 20 options having an address in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mount Notre Dame Health Center is one of the seemingly endless list of nursing homes. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the most impressive nursing homes we found. In fact, it was given our top rating. We were so impressed with this facility that we rated it as one of the top 500 best facilities in the United States. Headlining this facility's stellar profile is its inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Mount Notre Dame Health Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being an elite facility overall, this nursing home performed well in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes fared as well in this category. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another reason we rated this facility so highly is that it was awarded an A+ long-term care grade. This is just about as good as it gets in this area. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating is largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a patient at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the fourth category, this nursing home also performed admirably in the short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an A for this area. This topped off truly elite report card. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mount Notre Dame Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 2.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 6.5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 4.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 1.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 2.52% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 18.75% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 11.04% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels. Many believe that mobility is critical to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 11.04% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 7.13% of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mount Notre Dame Health Center, 80.22% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Cincinnati, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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