Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation

Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation is an average-sized government-owned nursing home located in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Sporting an overall rating of B-, this is likely a solid nursing home. You could definitely do worse than this nursing home. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home was consistent in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories is available below.

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection grades account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This facility earned high grades in the category of nursing as well. It received one of our highest scores in that category with an B-. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these datapoints. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this metric. This is generally a reliable indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a patient even once per day.

The third category we looked at was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B- in this category. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who returned home from this nursing home. We found that it performed respectably in this area with 45.7 percent of its residents returning home.

Moving on to the final area, this nursing home was awarded a B- in long-term care, which is generally an acceptable score. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.