Ohio Living Lake Vista is a small non-profit nursing home located in Cortland, Ohio. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is an elite rating. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the country. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
Ohio Living Lake Vista
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
303 North Mecca Street,
Cortland OH 44410
84.73% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great facility overall, it also earned A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly flawless. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its impressive resume, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A for the area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After looking at the impressive nursing care provided by this facility, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be successful as this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also want to note the fact that this nursing home was given a high-end grade of A- in our short-term care category. In our short-term care assessment, we seek to create a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Ohio in this area with 67.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we graded was nursing. We gave this facility a decent grade in that area, with a C. Even though this isn't as strong as several of its other scores, it is still not the end of the world. When computing our nursing scores, we weigh both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 4.8 hours per resident per day. This is well above average. Lastly, we also baked a few quality-based metrics into our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared poorly in two of the areas we looked at, with below average marks for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ohio Living Lake Vista Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 7.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 3.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered falls leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 1.75% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic can also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 12.79% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 22.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 19.84% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 90.11% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 15.05% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 18.59% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients that maintained mobility.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 18.59 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 11.79 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ohio Living Lake Vista, 74.53% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
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