Park Health Center
100 Pine Avenue, Saint Clairsville OH 43950 · (740) 695-4925 · 95.17% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Saint Clairsville, Ohio, Park Health Center is one of four available facilities in the area. Featuring an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Saint Clairsville, which admittedly is admittedly a little below average nationally. The best part of this nursing home's report card is is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 87 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area, with an A-. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Inspection scores are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an C. When computing a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the number of hours nurses are caring for patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home provides 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. We especially like to look at the percentage of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these statistics are decent measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these issues.
Long-term Care Quality
This facilities next most favorable area was long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.9011 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.64 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the next category, this facility was awarded a grade of C in short-term care, which is generally an acceptable grade. Our short-term care grades are important for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 39.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Park Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures 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 care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better