Union City Care Center

Union City Care Center is a small nursing home located in Union City, Ohio. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A score in this range requires some respectable marks. Based on our assessment, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. This nursing home did not fare well in every category we looked at, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. More information about its category grades is available below.

To pair with its decent overall score, we awarded this facility a grade of A for our inspections rating. This grade is far better than the facility's overall score. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Another one of this facility's more favorable category scores was in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. It actually outpaced most facilities in this area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Sadly, this facility's third highest category is short-term care. As it turns out, with a D in this area, it still performed somewhat poorly. Short-term care ratings are vital for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. As you might expect, we found that this nursing home offers far less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

The next area we rated is nursing, proved to be this facility's weakest area. We gave this facility a grade of D in that category. There are numerous subcategories included in this area. Many of these subcategories reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is slightly below the national average. This facility also had terrible scores in some of the quality-based measures to pair with its low nursing hour totals. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This facility was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this area.