Widows Home of Dayton is a small non-profit facility located in Dayton, Ohio. Featuring an overall grade of C, this is likely a solid nursing home. Based on our assessment, there are definitely much worse places out there. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Widows Home of Dayton
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home fared well in our long-term care category. We awarded it a grade of A- for that area. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
It should also be noted that this nursing home's inspection score was strong as well. We awarded it a grade of B for inspections, which is one of our better scores. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Unfortunately, it does not look like we have information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the category of short-term care, this nursing home was given a grade of just D in this area. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. With a grade of this caliber for this area, we were not shocked to discover this nursing home was below average in many staffing areas we looked at. The facility supplied substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our final category, we gave this nursing home a D in the area of nursing. This is the facility's worst category rating. There are a host of data points within this category. Most of these criteria relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Widows Home of Dayton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Widows Home of Dayton, 7.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Widows Home of Dayton, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Widows Home of Dayton, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Widows Home of Dayton, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Widows Home of Dayton, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Widows Home of Dayton, 21.39% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Widows Home of Dayton, 88.91% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Widows Home of Dayton, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Widows Home of Dayton, 12.66% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Widows Home of Dayton, 12.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Widows Home of Dayton, 12.98 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Widows Home of Dayton, 75.85% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Dayton, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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