Otterbein Lebanon Retirement Community

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility 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. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

Additionally, this nursing home also received favorable short-term care scores this year. Indeed, we awarded it one of our higher scores in that area, with a score of B+. Our short-term care scores are thought to be most important for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The third area we analyzed is long-term care. This facility was given an above average long-term care grade, with a grade of B in the category. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.13044 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The final area we looked at is nursing. This nursing home received a very good nursing grade this year, with a grade of B-. Even though this is not quite as good as several of its other grades, this is still a respectable grade for this area. Nursing scores are mostly associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a relatively low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. While this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared well in this subcategory. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of turning a resident even once per day.