Pleasant Lake Villa
7260 Ridge Rd, Cleveland OH 44129 · (440) 842-2273 · 95.57% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Pleasant Lake Villa is a large nursing home located in Cleveland, Ohio. This facility received an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average rating. In fact, we thought highly enough of this nursing home to rate it ahead of most of the nursing homes in Cleveland. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 199 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's quality category grades came in the area of short-term care. We awarded them one of our stronger scores in that area, with a score of B+. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final item we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. It fared as well as just about any facility in Ohio in this area with 57.1 percent of its patients returning home. For most nursing homes, less than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this nursing home also was awarded favorable long-term care scores this year. Indeed, we gave them one of our higher grades in that area, with a score of B. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. After considering the significant amount of nursing hours provided by this facility, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The final area we analyzed was nursing, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B-. This actually is this nursing home's weakest area. This is still not a terrible score. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses are with patients as well as the skill levels of the nurses. With 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this place surpassed the vast majority of places. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed admirably in this area. Avoiding serious falls is often an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses and better safety protocols are in place.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pleasant Lake Villa Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you 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 metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better