St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton is one of only two facilities located in North Canton, Ohio. This nursing home turns out to be a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. This nursing home definitely has plenty going for it. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing rating, which we will address in the next section.
St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
To pair with its impressive overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A for our nursing score. The nursing rating weighs a variety of datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also performed well in inspections, which is based on the facility's inspection reports. In fact, we gave it an B+ for that category. Our inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspections. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor dings are not the end of the world.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our third category, this facility also received a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this category. Short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at is long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a solid grade of B-. This actually turned out to be this facility's least impressive area. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's personal care rather than the skilled therapy and healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated 82.07283 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is several points lower than what we expected. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents which were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 20.26% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 90.12% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 12 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In St. Luke Lutheran Community North Canton, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.43 miles away1320 Mercy Drive Nw Canton Ohio 44708Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 489-1080
- Aultman HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.5 miles away2600 Sixth Street Sw Canton Ohio 44710Voluntary non-profit - Other(330) 363-6352
- Summa Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 13.96 miles away525 East Market Street Akron Ohio 44309Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 375-3000
- Akron General Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.62 miles away1 Akron General Avenue Akron Ohio 44307Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 344-6000
- Alliance Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.57 miles away200 East State Street Alliance Ohio 44601Voluntary non-profit - Other(330) 596-7018
- Summa Western Reserve HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.69 miles away1900 23rd Street Cuyahoga Falls Ohio 44223Voluntary non-profit - Other(330) 971-7000
- Aultman Orrville HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.32 miles away832 South Main Street Orrville Ohio 44667Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 682-3010
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Belden Community Dialysis3.7 miles away4685 Fulton Road Nw Canton Ohio 44718CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 42 (330) 649-9300
- Davita - Mercy Canton Dialysis5.44 miles away1320 Mercy Drive N W Canton Ohio 44708Dialysis Stations: 18 (330) 580-4001
- Kamaka Dialysis LLC5.98 miles away1587 Boettler Rd Suite 130 Uniontown Ohio 44685Dialysis Stations: 14 (330) 899-0035
- Fmc - Akron Canton Kidney Center6.28 miles away1565 Corporate Woods Pkwy Uniontown Ohio 44685Dialysis Stations: 25 (330) 896-6311
- Fmc- Stark County Dialysis6.37 miles away2835 Tuscarawas Street West Canton Ohio 44708Dialysis Stations: 17 (330) 456-3997
- Davita Canton Dialysis6.41 miles away2912 W Tuscarawas St Canton Ohio 44708Dialysis Stations: 27 (330) 458-0150
- Davita - Massillon Community Dialysis7.99 miles away2112 Lincoln Way East Massillon Ohio 44646Dialysis Stations: 13 (330) 837-7730
- Fmc - Massillon Dialysis Center9.05 miles away2474 Lincoln Way East Massillon Ohio 44646Dialysis Stations: 17 (330) 837-2575