Ohio Valley Health Care is one of five available facilities in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This is a good nursing home with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Parkersburg. You can definitely do worse than this facility. One of the highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Ohio Valley Health Care
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection grades are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing care, with an impressive grade of A- in this category. The nursing score features several factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's next most favorable area turned out to be short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a B-. Our short-term care scores are crucial for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed is long-term care, proved to be this nursing home's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a D in that category. This is one of the few dings of a quality profile. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 98.86364 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ohio Valley Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 4.6% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffered a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 3.73% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of long-term residents that have sustained a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 16.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 23.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 4.48% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 92.53% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 16.2% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 23.25% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 23.25 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 13.15 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ohio Valley Health Care, 70.85% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Parkersburg, WV
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Parkersburg, West Virginia has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Camden Clark Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.51 miles away800 Garfield Ave Parkersburg West Virginia 26101Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 424-2111
- Marietta Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.03 miles away401 Matthew Street Marietta Ohio 45750Voluntary non-profit - Other(740) 374-1400
- Selby General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.75 miles away1106 Colegate Drive Marietta Ohio 45750Voluntary non-profit - Private(740) 568-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Wood County Dialysis2.02 miles away214 Gihon Village Parkersburg West Virginia 26101Dialysis Stations: 13 (304) 422-3687
- Fresenius Kidney Care Belpre5.16 miles away510 Main Street Belpre Belpre Ohio 45714Dialysis Stations: 14 (740) 401-0747
- Davita - Belpre Dialysis7.33 miles away2906 Washington Blvd. Belpre Ohio 45714Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 401-0607
- Davita Grand Central Dialysis8.92 miles away800 Grand Central Suite 8 Vienna West Virginia 26105CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (304) 917-4124
- Davita - Marietta Dialysis13.81 miles away1019 Pike Street Marietta Ohio 45750Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 376-2622
- Fmc - Dialysis Specialists of Marietta14.12 miles away14-16 Acme Street Marietta Ohio 45750Dialysis Stations: 16 (740) 376-0045