Respiratory and Nursing Center of Dayton

Although we did not rate this facility highly overall, we want to point out its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A+ in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

This nursing home's second best category was long-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is basically a slightly below average score in this area. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.05 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The next category we graded was short-term care. This nursing home's received an unfortunate short-term care score where it was given an F. In our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. With its weak score in this category, we were not shocked to discover that this place provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

The last area we graded is nursing. This facility received a very poor grade of F in this category. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is well below average. Unfortunately, this nursing home also had abysmal scores in several of the quality-based measures to pair with its low nursing hour totals. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining pressure ulcers. This facility was at more than twice the national average in this statistic. This is concerning when you consider that many pressure ulcers are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the nursing home's fate of earning a very weak nursing rating.