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Northwestern Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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570 North Rocky River Drive,
Berea OH 44017

90% estimated occupancy 1

Northwestern Center is a facility located in Berea, Ohio, a city with a population of 19,161 people. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a subpar facility. Unfortunately, this grade is right in line with the city grade in Berea, which is also well below average. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection reports. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category grades

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Oncology Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Although we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to point out its excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Not having any deficiencies proved to be this facility's best achievement.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Unfortunately, this facility only received a grade of D for its nursing grade, which was actually one of its better category grades. Our nursing grade is primarily based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. 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 looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Unfortunately, this facility's next best category is short-term care. As it turns out, with a D in this category, it still fared somewhat poorly. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is considered to be a solid measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Considering its score in this area, we weren't surprised to discover that this facility was well below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the figures we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected to find. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The next category we scored was long-term care, which turned out to be a weak spot for this nursing home. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in our long-term care category. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated just 83.22981 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Northwestern Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Northwestern Center, 6.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Northwestern Center, 2.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Northwestern Center, 0.62% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Northwestern Center, 12.85% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used to treat a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Northwestern Center, 34.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Northwestern Center, 53.26% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Northwestern Center, 88.91% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Northwestern Center, 17.56% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Northwestern Center, 11.9% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Northwestern Center, 11.9% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Northwestern Center, 84.85% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Southwest General Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.44 miles away18697 Bagley Road Cleveland Ohio 44130Voluntary non-profit - Private(440) 816-6701
  • Fairview HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.21 miles away18101 Lorain Avenue Cleveland Ohio 44111Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 476-7000
  • Uh St John Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.69 miles away29000 Center Ridge Road Westlake Ohio 44145Voluntary non-profit - Private(440) 835-8000
  • Metrohealth SystemAcute Care Hospitals 10.07 miles away2500 Metrohealth Drive Cleveland Ohio 44109Voluntary non-profit - Other(216) 778-7089
  • Lutheran HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.85 miles away1730 West 25th Street Cleveland Ohio 44113Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 696-4300
  • St Vincent Charity Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.46 miles away2351 East 22nd Street Cleveland Ohio 44115Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 861-6200
  • Marymount HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.75 miles away12300 Mccracken Road Cleveland Ohio 44125Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 581-0500
  • Cleveland ClinicAcute Care Hospitals 14.96 miles away9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland Ohio 44195Voluntary non-profit - Private(216) 445-8400

Nearby Dialysis

  • Center for Dialysis Care Middleburg Heights0.93 miles away6749 Eastland Road Cleveland Ohio 44130Dialysis Stations: 20 (440) 234-3916
  • Davita - Middleburg Heights Dialysis1.99 miles away7360 Engle Road Cleveland Ohio 44130Dialysis Stations: 24 (440) 891-5645
  • Davita - Villa of Great Northern2.97 miles away22710 Fairview Center Dr., Ste 100 Cleveland Ohio 44126Dialysis Stations: 7 (440) 734-4630
  • Fmc - Cleveland Clinic West3.56 miles away14670 Snow Road Brookpark Ohio 44142CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (216) 267-1451
  • Davita - Parma Heights Dialysis5.15 miles away9050 North Church Drive Cleveland Ohio 44130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (440) 842-0895
  • Center for Dialysis Care Westside Home Care LLC5.57 miles away24651 Center Ridge Rd Suite 450 Westlake Ohio 44145Dialysis Stations: 10 (440) 899-2808
  • Davita - Parma Dialysis5.75 miles away6735 Ames Road Cleveland Ohio 44129Dialysis Stations: 19 (440) 743-0690
  • Davita - Hilliard Dialysis6.42 miles away19133 Hilliard Blvd Rocky River Ohio 44116CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (216) 712-4700

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  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=365811