Ohio Living Dorothy Love is a senior living facility in Sidney, Ohio, a city with a total of 30,561 people. This facility is ranked among the highest-graded facilities we assessed. In fact, it was given the most impressive score. This is really as good of a facility as you're going to find. Headlining this place's remarkable profile is its long-term care rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Ohio Living Dorothy Love
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- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
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Long-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.5935 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded an A+ short-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to receive more than one A+ category scores. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is generally a solid assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Nursing ratings are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning a resident even once per day.
Facility Inspections
Lastly, this facility has received near flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an A in this category. This is one of the few facilities in the state to receive an A- or better in every single category. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ohio Living Dorothy Love Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 4.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 5.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 2.45% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this metric may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 25.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 18.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 28.75% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 97.82% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 10.24% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 12.92% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 12.92% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 13.34% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 87.94% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Wilson Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.37 miles away915 West Michigan Street Sidney Ohio 45365Voluntary non-profit - Private(937) 498-5405
- Upper Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.94 miles away3130 North County Road 25a Troy Ohio 45373Voluntary non-profit - Private(937) 440-7853
- Grand Lake Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 18.26 miles away200 Saint Clair Street Saint Marys Ohio 45885Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 394-3335
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Sidney Dialysis3.3 miles away1015 Fair Road Sidney Ohio 45365Dialysis Stations: 14 (937) 498-0040