Otterbein St Marys Retirement Community

On top of being a top notch nursing home overall, it also performed well in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. It does not appear that we have deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its high-end resume, this nursing home also was given a strong short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

The third area we looked at is long-term care. This facility was given a favorable long-term care grade, with a B+ in the area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 97.560974 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The last category we analyzed is nursing, where this nursing home received a B. While this is its lowest category rating, this is still a favorable rating. Nursing scores are mostly based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of turning patients more often.