Park View Nursing Center

Park View Nursing Center is the only facility we were able to find in Edgerton, Ohio. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack rating. Based on our assessment, this place has some redeeming qualities. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its remarkable inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in this category with an A+. Inspection scores are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. This is definitely an excellent sign for this facility.

This nursing home also received an impressive score in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home a better than average grade of B in this area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 99.5098 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. This nursing home was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.64 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. Our nursing score is largely tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

Turning to the final category, this facility didn't fare very well. Due to an abysmal grade of F in short-term care, this is this facility's worst category grade. Short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. With its poor grade in this category, we weren't shocked to find that this place provides substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 34.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.