Willow Brook Christian Home is located in the large metropolitan area of Columbus, Ohio with a total of 783,285 people. Featuring an overall rating of B+, this is a very good facility. In fact, we ranked this nursing home as the seventh best nursing home in Columbus. This nursing home also received consistently good scores in all four of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Willow Brook Christian Home
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Grade: B-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A
In addition to earning a great overall score, this facility fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspections. We awarded it an A for this category, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Grade: B-plus
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing scores are mostly based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
This nursing home also was awarded a strong short-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this category. Short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B
The final area we assessed was long-term care. In this category, we gave this facility an impressive grade of B. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 93.75 percent of its patients. This is slightly below what we expected but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willow Brook Christian Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A-minus
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: F
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents who had falls leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B-plus
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-minus
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B-minus
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 20.26% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-minus
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 90.12% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: D
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: D
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: A-plus
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 12 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: C
In Willow Brook Christian Home, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Columbus, OH
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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