O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville is a nursing home located in North Ridgeville, Ohio, which has a total of 29,563 people. This is a very respectable facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our analysis, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. Fortunately, this nursing home did not have any weak links in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Another quality feature for this nursing home is that it received a favorable long-term care grade. Indeed, this wound up being its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 98.82353 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a decent score in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is more often than not a reliable measure of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the last category, this nursing home was awarded a respectable nursing grade of C. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is not an impressive total. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 7.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who experienced falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients who suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients which were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 21.39% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 88.91% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 12.66% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 1.43 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 12.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 12.98 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In O'neill Healthcare North Ridgeville, 75.85% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
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