Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation is an average-sized government-owned nursing home in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Featuring an overall rating of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective patients. This place definitely has plenty going for it. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being a quality facility overall, this facility also excelled in our inspections category, where it received a grade of A. Not many facilities fared better in this category. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care. This facility received an above average long-term care grade, with a B+ in the category. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.611115 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a life or death health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility an acceptable grade of C. This is this facility's weakest category. Our short-term care ratings are probably more meaningful for individuals in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 4.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care patients that have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 20.26% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 90.12% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.29% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 12 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Wyandot Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 3.29 miles away885 North Sandusky Avenue Upper Sandusky Ohio 43351Government - Hospital District or Authority(419) 294-4991
- Mercy Health - Tiffin HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.67 miles away45 St Lawrence Drive Tiffin Ohio 44883Voluntary non-profit - Church(419) 455-7000
- Bucyrus Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.47 miles away629 North Sandusky Avenue Bucyrus Ohio 44820Voluntary non-profit - Other(419) 562-4677
- Blanchard Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.55 miles away1900 South Main Street Findlay Ohio 45840Voluntary non-profit - Other(419) 423-4500
Nearby Dialysis
- Total Renal Care, Inc.2.79 miles away111 Tarhe Trail Upper Sandusky Ohio 43351Dialysis Stations: 8 (419) 209-0799
- Davita - Seneca Dialysis LLC.16.84 miles away10 St. Lawrence Drive Tiffin Ohio 44883Dialysis Stations: 13 (419) 443-1051
- Fmc - Crawford County Kidney Center18.23 miles away701 Tiffin Street Bucyrus Ohio 44820Dialysis Stations: 12 (419) 562-3000
- Fmc Creighton Dialysis LLC19.55 miles away1000 E Main Cross St Ste 102 Findlay Ohio 45840CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (419) 425-8515