Solon Pointe at Emerald Ridge
5625 Emerald Ridge Parkway, Solon OH 44139 · (440) 498-3000 · 82.62% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Solon Pointe at Emerald Ridge is located in Solon, Ohio. It looks like this is a good nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable score. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home performed even better in the area of inspections which is based on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. We gave it a grade of A for that area, which is one of our highest scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Among the reasons we graded this nursing home so well is that it was awarded a dominant short-term care grade. Indeed, short-term care is its second most impressive category score. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A-. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. This nursing home performed much better in the final datapoint we considered in this area, which was the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place fared as well as just about any facility in Ohio in this area with 93.6 percent of its patients returning home. With most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. We looked at the qualifications of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in calculating our score in this category. With 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this place was above the national average. Finally, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at is long-term care, which ended up being this nursing home's least impressive area. We gave this facility a D in that area. Sadly, this category hurt the facility's overall profile to a certain degree. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. After considering nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. Based on its grade in this category, it is surprising to discover that this facility performed reasonably well both of these subcategories. In fact, this nursing home vaccinated 95.23809 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.19 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Solon Pointe at Emerald Ridge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better