Otterbein Gahanna
402 Liberty Way, Columbus OH 43230 · (614) 981-6854 · 90.8% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Otterbein Gahanna is in Columbus, Ohio. This city is among the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation with has 783,285 people. This is a decent facility with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Columbus. Even in a city with 36 other nursing homes, this nursing home looks like a fine selection. One of the highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 50 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 respectable facility overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few facilities performed better in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we also wanted to note that this facility was given favorable short-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our higher scores in this category, with a grade of B+. This proved to be the nursing home's second strongest score. Our short-term care ratings are important for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This turned out to be more of a strength for this facility. It performed as well as just about any nursing home in Ohio with 56.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. There are a number of criteria included in this category. Many of the datapoints reflect levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 5.4 hours per patient daily. This is well above average. Lastly, this nursing home performed well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is usually a reliable indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided with better nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Our last category is long-term care, in which we gave this nursing home a grade of C in that category. In determining these long-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. On top of looking at the above average quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were happy with the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 98.125 percent of its patients, which is an impressive total. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Otterbein Gahanna Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percentage of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents which have experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this statistic may also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better