Located in Lima, Ohio, The Springs of Lima is one of four nursing homes in this area. This nursing home received a grade of B overall. We found it to be better than most of the facilities in Lima, which has a city grade of B-. Based on our analysis, you could do much worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph
The Springs of Lima
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also received first-rate health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best scores in this area, with a grade of A+. Inspection ratings are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Without having access to all of the deficiency related data for this facility, it is a challenge to fully assess the place in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it received a score of B+. It performed more favorably than most facilities in this area. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. The nursing rating assesses a handful of subcategories, many of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a somewhat alarming figure which is well below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's worst area was long-term care, which is the final category we looked at. In this area, we awarded this facility a grade of D. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care may not provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities provide. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 93.42105 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 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.
The Springs of Lima Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Springs of Lima, 7.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Springs of Lima, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Springs of Lima, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Springs of Lima, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Springs of Lima, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Springs of Lima, 21.39% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Springs of Lima, 88.91% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Springs of Lima, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Springs of Lima, 12.66% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In The Springs of Lima, 1.43 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Springs of Lima, 12.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Springs of Lima, 12.98 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Springs of Lima, 75.85% 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.
Scores for Lima, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Lima, Ohio has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy Health-St Rita's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.47 miles away730 West Market Street Lima Ohio 45801Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 227-3361
- Bluffton HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.21 miles away139 Garau Street Bluffton Ohio 45817Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 358-9010
- Grand Lake Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 17.47 miles away200 Saint Clair Street Saint Marys Ohio 45885Voluntary non-profit - Private(419) 394-3335
- Ridgeview Behavioral HospitalPsychiatric 18.8 miles away17872 Lincoln Highway Middle Point Ohio 45863Proprietary(419) 968-2950
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care Lima2.59 miles away750 W High Street, Suite 100 Lima Ohio 45801CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (419) 223-3391
- Lima Memorial Hospital / Dialysis Services4.12 miles away1001 Bellefontaine Avenue Lima Ohio 45804Dialysis Stations: 20 (419) 226-5032
- Fmc-Putnam Cty Ambulatory Care Ctr-Dialysis19.88 miles away601 State Rt 224 p.o. Box 100 Glandorf Ohio 45848Dialysis Stations: 12 (419) 538-7406