Walnut Creek Nursing Center is in Dayton, Ohio, which is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation. This facility received an F, which is really a rock-bottom score in our grading scheme. In our grading scheme, this is one of the bottom five rated facilities in Dayton. In a city with more than 30 other facilities, you will probably be able to find a better option. Finally, we were surprised to learn that this nursing home earned a decent grade in the area of long-term care. We provide additional information about this category below.
Walnut Creek Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. Our inspection grades are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Among this facility's host of rock-bottom grades was its F in the area of short-term care. Our short-term care grade is often employed to assess a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. As you might expect, we discovered that this nursing home provides significantly less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The final statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 5 percent of its residents returning home.
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Nurse Quality
Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its nursing grade. Our nursing grade assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. With only 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were far below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final area, this facility did not perform well here either. Due to a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is really as bad as it gets. Facilities that don't score well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. Unfortunately, this nursing home vaccinated just 6.802722 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Walnut Creek Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an measure of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who had UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 20.26% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 90.12% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 12 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Walnut Creek Nursing Center, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Scores for Dayton, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Dayton, Ohio has 33 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Kettering Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.65 miles away3535 Southern Boulevard Dayton Ohio 45429Voluntary non-profit - Church(937) 395-8165
- Sycamore Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.4 miles away4000 Miamisburg-Centerville Road Miamisburg Ohio 45342Voluntary non-profit - Church(937) 384-8776
- Grandview Hospital & Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.3 miles away405 Grand Avenue Dayton Ohio 45405Voluntary non-profit - Other(937) 723-3200
- Soin Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.3 miles away3535 Pentagon Park Blvd Dayton Ohio 45431Voluntary non-profit - Private(937) 702-4000
- Greene Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.12 miles away1141 North Monroe Drive Xenia Ohio 45385Voluntary non-profit - Private(937) 352-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Dayton South Dialysis0.88 miles away4700 Springboro Pike Dayton Ohio 45439Dialysis Stations: 17 (937) 294-7188
- Davita - Home Dialysis of Dayton South2.16 miles away3030 S Dixie Drive Dayton Ohio 45409Dialysis Stations: 2 (937) 296-1171
- Fmc - Dayton Regional Dialysis-South,Inc3.29 miles away7700 Washington Village Drive, Suite 100 Dayton Ohio 45459CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (937) 438-9595
- Fkc- Centerville Home3.32 miles away7700 Washington Village Drive Dayton Ohio 45459Dialysis Stations: 1 (614) 746-4623
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- Davita - Kettering Dialysis4.62 miles away5721 Bigger Road Dayton Ohio 45440Dialysis Stations: 17 (937) 435-4030
- Davita - Miamisburg Dialysis4.67 miles away290 Alexandersville Dialysis Miamisburg Ohio 45342Dialysis Stations: 1 (937) 865-0633
- Fresenius Kidney Care Dayton East4.75 miles away821 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd. Dayton Ohio 45417Dialysis Stations: 21 (937) 222-5859