Vista Center at the Ridge
3379 Main Street, Mineral Ridge OH 44440 · (330) 652-9901 · 95.29% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Vista Center at the Ridge is a facility located in Mineral Ridge, Ohio, a city with a population of 4,967 people. With an overall rating of D, this is a lower end nursing home. This nursing home seems to have very little going for it. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection grade. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 155 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we didn't grade this facility favorably overall, we did give it an excellent score in the category of inspections, where it received an A. Our inspection scores are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. You should especially avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. When computing our nursing scores, we factor in both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided just 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a low total compared with most other facilities. Lastly, while this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this area.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a middle of the road score in the area of long-term care, with a C. In computing these long-term care ratings, we assess the facility's personal care services. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 90.96045 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.68 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we rated was short-term care. We gave it a lowly F for this category, which is a very poor score. In determining these short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Not surprisingly, we found that this facility provides significantly less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average nursing home. The last measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 33.5 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Vista Center at the Ridge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents which have sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better