Ohio Living Park Vista
1216 5th Ave, Youngstown OH 44504 · (330) 746-2944 · 61.08% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Ohio Living Park Vista is just one of 21 possibilities in Youngstown, Ohio. Sporting an overall score of A-, we graded this facility as one of the five highest graded facilities in the city. An overall grade in this range is a great indicator of a first-rate nursing home. We really can't say enough good things about this place. If you look further down this page, you will see this place's category scores, which are also quite good.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 129 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great facility overall, it also received A+ inspections recently. Its inspections were nearly perfect. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also received a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our short-term care grades are crucial for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes a wide scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. This facility performed much better in the final datapoint we assessed in this category, which was the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in Ohio in this area with 59.9 percent of its patients returning home. With most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing score consists of a handful of subcategories, but the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This place provides a very impressive 4.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is among the better totals in the nation. Finally, this nursing home also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, it fared as well as any nursing home the country in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We view these datapoints as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we rated is long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility an impressive grade of B. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 96.350365 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. The last datapoint we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this facility had 3.87 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this wasn't as strong as some of its other scores in this category, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of residents.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ohio Living Park Vista Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better