With an address in Walnut Creek, Ohio, Walnut Hills Nursing Home is the only facility located there. We gave this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. At the end of the day, this place should be a great choice for just about anybody. This nursing home also received consistently good grades in each of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Walnut Hills Nursing Home
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a dominant short-term care grade. This actually turned out to be this nursing home's second strongest category grade. In that category, this facility received a grade of A-. Short-term care ratings are crucial for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also want to point out the fact that this nursing home was given a first-rate score of A- in our long-term care area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 83.333336 percent of its residents. This is a few points lower than we expected. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The next category we assessed was nursing, where this facility received a grade of B. While this turned out to be its worst category score, this is nevertheless an above average rating. There are a number of subcategories within this area. Most of these subcategories are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of turning a patient at least once a day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Walnut Hills Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 2.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 5.77% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who experienced UTI's. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 2.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 17.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 13.7% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression may indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 91.09% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 7.91% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 7.09% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 7.09% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 12.73% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Walnut Hills Nursing Home, 70.7% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
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