Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center
1135 Gambier Road, Mount Vernon OH 43050 · (740) 392-1599 · 92% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center is one of six nursing homes in the city. Sporting an overall rating of B-, this nursing home actually turned out to be one of the three highest graded facilities in the city. Based on our analysis, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. This facility was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 20 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its relatively modest overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A for its inspection grade. This grade is far better than the facility's overall grade. Inspection grades are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to note that this nursing home earned an B in our nursing category. Our nursing score is mostly based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 5.5 hours per patient on a daily basis. This is more nursing care than nearly any other facility provides. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in several quality-based metrics we assessed. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a B-. Our short-term care scores are thought to be more important for those needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Our final category is long-term care, where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C in this area. Long-term care ratings are essential for people requiring personal care. On top of offering favorable levels of nursing care, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.24561 percent of its patients. This figure is better than many nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mount Vernon Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better