Patriot Ridge Community

Patriot Ridge Community is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Fairborn, Ohio. It looks like this is a quality facility. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average rating. We actually rated it as the best facility in Fairborn. This facility was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home 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-. Inspection scores are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

This facility was awarded high grades in the area of short-term care as well. Consequently, it received one of our strongest grades in that area with a area of A-. In computing our short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. This nursing home provides a decent amount of services from physical therapists and registered nurses based on our assessment. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Ohio in this area with 57.4 percent of its residents returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. When computing our nursing scores, we look at both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The final area we graded proved to be this nursing home's poorest area. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still awarded it an acceptable grade of B- in our long-term care category. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.60627 percent of its patients. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.52 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not too far off the national average.