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Smiths Mill Health Campus

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
Oct 20: A-Jan 21: AFeb 21: AMar 21: AApr 21: B+May 21: B+Jun 21: B+Jul 21: A-Aug 21: A-Sep 21: B+Oct 21: B+Nov 21: B+Jan 22: B+Feb 22: B+Mar 22: B+Apr 22: BMay 22: BJun 22: BAug 22: BSep 22: B+
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Smiths Mill Health Campus's website

7320 Smiths Mill Road,
New Albany OH 43054

(614) 245-5578

86.4% estimated occupancy 1

Smiths Mill Health Campus is located in New Albany, Ohio, a city with a population of 20,566 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires solid marks in most areas. This actually is the number one rated facility in the city. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to faring well overall, this facility also earned nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it earned one of our best scores in that category with an A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. It doesn't look like we have information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Without having complete deficiency data for this facility, it was difficult to fully evaluate the place in this category.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing score is based on several factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a resident at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Additionally, this nursing home also was awarded favorable short-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B. With our short-term care score, we endeavor to craft a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's least impressive category was long-term care, which is the last area we assessed. For this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D. We want to to draw your attention to this possible weak spot, however, you should not dwell on a single weak category either. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes provide. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated 77.47748 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is several points less than average. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Smiths Mill Health Campus Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a fall which caused major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 20.26% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 90.12% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 14.88% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 16.29% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 12 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Smiths Mill Health Campus, 75.25% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.