New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation is an average-sized facility located in New Lexington, Ohio. This facility was given a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor grade. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in New Lexington. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection reports. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category grades
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New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation
- 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
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
While this place's overall grade was not a highlight, it did receive a very good score in the category of inspections. We gave it a B for that area, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection ratings are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid facilities that have severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this nursing home only earned a grade of D for its short-term care score, which happens to be one of its more favorable category scores. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is generally a reliable assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. With its poor score in this area, we were not stunned to learn this place provides significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. The last statistic we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 5.1 percent of its patients returning home.
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Nurse Quality
We were surprised to find that this nursing home also excelled in the category of nursing. We gave it a score of D for that category, which is one of our highest grades. There are a variety of datapoints included in this grade. Many of the subcategories are tied to staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This facility fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we rated is long-term care, which is a low point for this facility. We gave this facility a grade of D for long-term care. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.07407 percent of its patients, which is better than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this facility also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 6.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 3.24% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often associated with poor nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 0.93% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 14.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 20.25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 45.93% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some experts would argue this is a measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 98.68% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 15.72% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 11.8% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 11.8% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 18.63% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In New Lexington Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 76.75% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Hocking Valley Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.15 miles away601 State Route 664n Logan Ohio 43138Voluntary non-profit - Other(740) 380-8227
- Fairfield Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.58 miles away401 North Ewing Street Lancaster Ohio 43130Voluntary non-profit - Other(740) 687-8009
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Logan Dialysis17.19 miles away12880 Grey Street Logan Ohio 43138Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 380-6049
- Fmc - Hocking Hills Dialysis Center19.21 miles away1550 Sheridan Drive Ste 306 Lancaster Ohio 43130CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (740) 689-0566
- Fairfield Kidney Center19.66 miles away618 Pleasantville Road, Ste 102 Lancaster Ohio 43130Dialysis Stations: 15 (740) 687-6480