Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber
717 Neil Avenue, Columbus OH 43215 · (614) 228-8888 · 94.14% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber is a nursing home located in Columbus, Ohio which has 783,285 people. This turns out to be an A rated facility. This facility received one of the best scores we offer. A grade of this caliber requires excellent scores across the board. Even in a city featuring 36 nursing homes, this nursing home looks like a great option. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's remarkable profile is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 128 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection grades are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was superb in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In our short-term care category, we strive to forge a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. This place excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the typical facility. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage 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 nursing home in Ohio in this area with 64.5 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This place offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 4.3 hours per patient daily. This is more nursing care than nearly any other facility provides. Lastly, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the number of its residents suffering falls leading to serious injury, this nursing home performed better than the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category, we gave this nursing home a A+ for our long-term care rating. This rounded out a first-rate report card. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. This facility's vaccination data were not as strong as its nursing hours. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 80.41543 percent of its patients. We would like to see some improvement herein this statistic in the future. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, at least this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.24 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better