Piketon Nursing Center
300 Overlook Drive, Piketon OH 45661 · (740) 289-4074 · 90.86% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Located in Piketon, Ohio, Piketon Nursing Center is one of just two available facilities in this area. Featuring an overall score of B-, this appears to be a solid facility. Based on our ratings, there are certainly much worse places out there. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 46 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our best scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given an impressive grade in our long-term care category. We gave this facility an above average grade of B in this area. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.333336 percent of its residents, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.89 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B- in this category. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers at least 50% more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most other facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. It performed respectably in this area with 46.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
The next area we assessed was nursing, is this facility's worst category. We gave this facility a D in this category. This really was one of just a couple of dings in an otherwise strong report card. Our nursing score is based on many components, but the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averaged a meager 3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is an alarmingly low total. On top of receiving below average scores for total nursing hours, this nursing home was less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found this place was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this metric.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Piketon Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better