With an address in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center is one of six available nursing homes in the area. This nursing home received a quality overall rating of A-. This was head and heals above the average nursing home in Mount Vernon. We could not find many negative things to say about this place. Its ratings are as good as they get. If you look further down this page, you can see this facility's category ratings, which are also strong.
Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility excelled in our nursing score. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. In calculating our nursing grades, we factor in both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of turning a resident at least once a day.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also received an impressive short-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this category. Short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was long-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of B. Although this ended up being its worst category grade, this is still an above average rating. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 90.47619 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is a few points lower than we expected but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.26% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 90.12% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
Scores for Mount Vernon, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- 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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Mount Vernon, Ohio has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Knox Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.36 miles away1330 Coshocton Road Mount Vernon Ohio 43050Voluntary non-profit - Other(740) 393-9000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Knox County Kidney Center0.94 miles away14 Wood Lake Trail Mount Vernon Ohio 43050Dialysis Stations: 14 (740) 393-1624
- Davita - Apple Valley1.47 miles away1485 Coshocton Road Mount Vernon Ohio 43050Dialysis Stations: 9 (740) 392-3436