Mt Healthy Christian Home
8097 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45231 · (513) 931-5000 · 92.8% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With more than 20 options to choose from in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mt Healthy Christian Home is one of many possibilities. We gave this facility a strong overall rating of A. This is head and heals above the average nursing home in Cincinnati. Based on our analysis, this facility is really as good as it gets. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category scores, which are also strong. It's hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 75 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this facility also received nearly flawless government inspections. Consequently, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A+. Inspection ratings are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. We analyzed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our grade in this category. This particular facility provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which was among the higher figures we found. Lastly, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed as well as any nursing home the country in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our third category, we gave this nursing home a score of A- for its short-term care score. This is a very impressive rating. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is generally a fair measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home, which as an area this facility performed much more favorably. It outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 59.4 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we rated is this nursing home's worst category. However, even its worst category would actually be a strength for many nursing homes. We gave it a strong grade of B for our long-term care category. Facilities that excel in this category tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the criteria we considered in addition to this facility's quality nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.56897 percent of its residents. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths for seniors. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mt Healthy Christian Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better