Pleasant Ridge Care Center
5501 Verulam, Cincinnati OH 45213 · (513) 631-1310 · 79.29% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Pleasant Ridge Care Center is an average-sized facility located in Cincinnati, Ohio. With a really poor overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. Fortunately, if you aren't impressed with this facility, there are countless other options available in this city. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection grade. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. It is generally in your best interest to avoid facilities that had a long list of severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the area of long-term care, this facility was given just a D in this area. As it turns out, this wound up being its second best grade. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 97.33333 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. We weighed the skill-level of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in calculating our rating in this category. This place provided just 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. On top of its subpar nursing hours, this facility also earned poor scores in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We found that a higher percentage of this facility's residents sustained falls leading to serious injury.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed was short-term care. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this category, which is an abysmal score. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Given its weak grade in this category, we weren't stunned to learn this facility provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other facilities. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 37.9 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pleasant Ridge Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better