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A skilled nursing facility may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation. WYANT WOODS CARE CENTER is a "Medicare-certified" nursing home which means that this nursing home participated in Medicare Part A . Medicare-covered services include semi-private room, skilled nursing care and other therapy services. The quality ratings gives you an indication of the care WYANT WOODS CARE CENTER give to their patients incomparison to other nursing homes. This quality rating is based on health inspections, quality measures and staffing survey conducted by CMS. WYANT WOODS CARE CENTER in AKRON, OH is a For profit - Corporation, Medicare Certified, nursing home operating with 166 residents and 180 certified beds.
He had brain cancer; he had some problem eating, so they helped him all the time there. They would update my mother anytime, and they take him to the dining room so he could interact with people. The nurses would come in and visit him when he didn’t feel well, and they were very good with him. Residents are in clothes that have dried food on them, male residents are not shaved, & resident's hair is not combed. Often 1 nursing assistant for residents Staff might be more friendly & caring if they weren't overworked. Nursing Home Shopper recommends that consumers compare this data to information released by state and local health departments or by nursing homes and/or their representatives.
Medicare: By The Numbers
Moving on to our last category, this nursing home didn't fare well in this area either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in short-term care, this is really as terrible as it gets. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. With its poor grade in this area, we weren't shocked to discover this place offered substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities.
At Wyant Woods Care Center there are 173 residents staying there that are program residents, meaning they are on Medicare or Medicaid. Wyant Woods Care Center has a total of 180 program certified beds, which comprises 96 of the total number of occupied beds. There are 173 residents living at Wyant Woods Care Center. The process for health inspections at nursing home facilities looks at all major elements of a resident’s care in a nursing home. Inspectors score each nursing home on over 180 different factors.
High-Risk Long-Stay Residents
Local fire safety specialists determine if a nursing home passes Life Safety Code rules set by the National Fire Protection Agency . This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols.
Additionally, a Physical Therapist is available an average of 2.64 minutes per day per resident . The urine smell is overwhelming, and overall the cleanliness is lacking. The private room bathroom was unusable as it had flooded and I could not find any janitorial staff. Speaking of the staff, I've only seen 1 person actually working, during the handful of visits I have made there.
Safety Information
Dietary dept very careless and won't serve the food items that are ordered. After 2 years of complaints, management still offers only excuses, not results. Place less dirty but still has gnats even in winter. You can only use this image in editorial media and for personal use. Editorial media includes use as a visual reference to support your article, story, critique or educational text. Personal use allows you to make a single personal print, card or gift for non-commercial use.
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These certified healthcare assistants, under the supervision of a professional or licensed nurse, are trained to attend to the daily living activities and basic care needs of residents. A nursing home’s successful rating often hinges on this particular measure. Nursing homes provides non-acute medical and skilled nursing care services, therapy and social services under the supervision of a licensed registered nurse on a 24-hour basis. Licensed practical or vocational nurses have a wide range of supervisory and care responsibility in a nursing home. Nursing homes are heavily reliant on these licensed nurses. The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics estimates that 38 percent of the licensed nurse workforce is employed by nursing homes.
However once you get on the elevator the urine smell hits you before the elevator stops. The people walk around like zombies, unkept horribly disheveled and sad looking. They called and told my mother this over the phone instead of just telling her to come to the facility. His roommate was still in the room with my uncles body.
Star ratings are often best used for basic comparisons and when deciding which facilities to visit. However, nothing beats actually visiting the nursing home yourself when possible. Total Licensed Nursing Hours (Registered Nurses + Licensed Practical Nurses + Licensed Vocational Nurses) averages 1.21 hours per day per resident (the national average is 1.4 hours). Please note that the pricing above is the average billed to Medicare. (Supplemental Insurance / Medicare Advantage Plans, single or double rooms, etc). If you are interested in this facility you should contact Wyant Woods Care Center directly for exact pricing and what options are available for you or your loved one's personal care needs.
Wyant Woods Care Center participates in Medicare and Medicaid and are classified as a For profit - Corporation ownership. In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Wyant Woods Care Center offers other services. Staffing hours per resident is the total number of hours worked by the staff divided by the total number of residents.
The meals are not served in any distinct time frame. An alarm is continuously on, to which the staff's response was - if we turn it off it will just go off again from someone going out that door. So the alarm is on in the dining room continuously.
Provided by CMS & Medicare, our data is regularly updated to help you find the best health care that's right for you and those important to you. Averaging the available ratings gives an aggregate star rating of 3.14 for Wyant Woods Care Center versus the OH average of 3.09 and a national average of 3.20. As of the last update they had a daily average of 163.2 residents compared to the OH average of 69.12 and a National average of 86.4.
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