WASHINGTON SQUARE HEALTHCARE CENTER
Address
202 WASHINGTON ST
WARREN, OH 44483
(330) 399-8997
Nursing Home Ratings
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Percent of Beds Occupied
58%Number of Residents and Certified Beds
- Residents: 48
- Certified Beds: 83
This Facility Accepts
- Medicare
- Medicaid
Operational Details
- Operated By For Profit - Corporation
- Offers Only Resident Counseling
- This Facility is Part of a Chain or Franchise
Resident Services
The information below lists services this facility has provided for residents from October through December 2010. During this period, the most common type of service provided was "Very High Rehabilitation". To get a better idea of the types of services that are commonly performed, compare the "Percent of Service Days" column below. These services are based on submitted claims to Medicare and do not provide a complete overview of all the services provided by Washington Square Healthcare Center. For more information read our guide on how nursing facilities are reimbursed, types of services, and ADL index scores.
| Resident Services | Resident Conditions | Percent of Service Days |
Ultra-High Rehabilitation Plus Extensive Services
- At least one rehabilitation discipline five days/week
- A second rehabilitation discipline three days/week
- Tracheostomy care
- Ventilator or respirator
- Isolation for active infectious disease while a resident
- Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score of 2 or more
| ADL Index Range: 11-16 | 7.1% |
| ADL Index Range: 2-10 | 0.8% |
| Total Percent: | 7.9% |
Very High Rehabilitation Plus Extensive Services
- At least one rehabilitation discipline five days/week
- Tracheostomy care
- Ventilator or respirator
- Isolation for active infectious disease while a resident
- Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score of 2 or more
| ADL Index Range: 11-16 | 1.7% |
| Total Percent: | 1.7% |
Ultra-High Rehabilitation
- At least one rehabilitation discipline five days/week
- A second rehabilitation discipline three days/week
| ADL Index Range: 6-10 | 13.5% |
| ADL Index Range: 0-5 | 10.2% |
| Total Percent: | 23.7% |
Very High Rehabilitation
- At least one rehabilitation discipline five days/week
| ADL Index Range: 6-10 | 17.8% |
| ADL Index Range: 0-5 | 32.2% |
| Total Percent: | 50.0% |
High Rehabilitation
- At least one rehabilitation discipline five days/week
| ADL Index Range: 11-16 | 1.4% |
| ADL Index Range: 6-10 | 3.7% |
| ADL Index Range: 0-5 | 2.1% |
| Total Percent: | 7.1% |
Medium Rehabilitation
- Five days any combination of three rehabilitation disciplines
| ADL Index Range: 11-16 | 1.4% |
| ADL Index Range: 6-10 | 4.6% |
| Total Percent: | 6.0% |
Extensive Services
- Tracheostomy care
- Ventilator or respirator
- Isolation for active infectious disease while a resident
- Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score of 2 or more
| ADL Index Range: 2-16 - Tracheostomy care or ventilator/respirator | 2.7% |
| Total Percent: | 2.7% |
Special Care High
- Comatose
- Septicemia
- Diabetes with daily injections and a change of order two or more days
- Quadriplegia with ADL score greater or equal to 5
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and shortness of breath when lying flat
- Fever with pneumonia, or vomiting, or weight loss, or feeding tube
- Parenteral/IV feedings
- Respiratory therapy for 7 days
- Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score of 2 or more
| ADL Index Range: 11-14 - Signs of depression | 0.4% |
| Total Percent: | 0.4% |
Clinically Complex
- Pneumonia, hemiplegia with ADL score >=5
- Surgical wounds or open lesions with treatment
- Burns
- Chemotherapy while a resident
- Oxygen therapy while a resident
- IV medications or transfusions while a resident
- Extensive Services, Special Care High or Special Care Low qualifier and ADL score of 0 or 1
| ADL Index Range: 6-10 - No Signs of depression | 0.4% |
| Total Percent: | 0.4% |
Rating Details For Washington Square Healthcare Center
Nursing Staff - 
The nursing staff is the most important part of what determines the quality of care and comfort of a resident in a nursing home. Government regulations set expectations on time spent with each resident based on the services being provided. The breakdown below lists the nursing types (RN, LPN, LVN, CNA) and a comparison of the reported and expected hours per resident per day.
| Nursing Hours Per Resident Per Day | Reported | Expected |
| Registered Nurse (RN) Hours | 1 Hour | 1 Hour and 19 Minutes |
| Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) Hours | 1 Hour and 6 Minutes | 43 Minutes |
| Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Hours | 2 Hours and 15 Minutes | 2 Hours and 14 Minutes |
| Total Licensed Nurse Hours | 2 Hours and 6 Minutes | 2 Hours and 2 Minutes |
| Total Nurse Hours | 4 Hours and 21 Minutes | 4 Hours and 15 Minutes |
Quality of Care - 
Medicare determines quality of care ratings for nursing facilities by surveying several "quality measures", which are broken down into long-term and short-term stay residents, as well as if the action is preventive or if there is a deficiency in the quality of care. State averages for Ohio are also provided for comparison purposes. Note: Figures below are averaged over the past nine months.
| This Facility | Ohio Average |
Long-Term Stay Preventive Actions
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Given Influenza Vaccination During the Flu Season | 90-100% | 90% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Were Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination | 90-100% | 88% |
Long-Term Stay Deficiencies
| Percent of Low-Risk Long-Stay Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder | 29% | 48% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Are More Depressed or Anxious | 27% | 18% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder | 5% | 6% |
| Percent of High-Risk Long-Stay Residents Who Have Pressure Sores | 14% | 10% |
| Percent of Low-Risk Long-Stay Residents Who Have Pressure Sores | 3% | 3% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Whose Need for Help with Daily Activities Has Increased | 8% | 13% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Had a Urinary Tract Infection | 10% | 11% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse | 10% | 10% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair | 1% | 5% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Were Physically Restrained | - | 5% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain | 1% | 5% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight | 9% | 8% |
Short-Term Stay Preventive Actions
| Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Were Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination | 90-100% | 83% |
| Percent of Short-Stay Residents Given Influenza Vaccination During the Flu Season | 90-100% | 84% |
Short-Term Stay Deficiencies
| Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Have Pressure Sores | 13% | 12% |
| Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Have Delirium | 1% | 3% |
| Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain | 18% | 24% |
Health Inspection Details - 
All Medicare and/or Medicaid certified nursing home must undergo health inspections on average once a year, but may be more frequent if the facility is peforming poorly. These inspections cover most aspects of life in a nursing home, and are broken down into deficiencies types, which including: Pharmacy Service, Administration, Resident Rights, Nutrition and Dietary, Resident Assessment, Environmental, and Mistreatment. Below are the list of deficiencies found by inspectors in the past few years along with the degree of harm and how many residents may have been affected. Note: The most recent health survey was on 12/09/2010.
Degree of Harm
- Potential for Minimal Harm
- Minimal Harm or Potential for Harm
- Resident Harmed
- Immediate Jeopardy to Resident Health
Residents Affected
- Isolated
- Some Residents
- Many Residents
| Deficiencies Found By Inspectors | Degree of Harm | Residents Affected |
Environmental
Make Sure That the Nursing Home Area is Free of Dangers That Cause Accidents.
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Have a Program to Keep Infection from Spreading.
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Make Sure That the Nursing Home Area is Free of Dangers That Cause Accidents.
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Mistreatment
Keep Each Resident Free from Physical Restraints, Unless Needed for Medical Treatment.
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Nutrition and Dietary
Store, Cook, and Give out Food in a Safe and Clean Way.
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Prepare Food That is Nutritional, Appetizing, Tasty, Attractive, Well-Cooked, and at the Right Temperature.
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Pharmacy Service
Keep the Rate of Medication Errors (Wrong Drug, Wrong Dose, Wrong Time) to Less Than 5%.
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Quality Care
Make Sure That Residents Who Cannot Care for Themselves Receive Help with Eating/Drinking, Grooming and Hygiene.
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Give Residents Proper Treatment to Prevent New Bed (Pressure) Sores or Heal Existing Bed Sores.
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Provide Activities to Meet the Needs of Each Resident.
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Make Sure That Each Resident Who Enters the Nursing Home Without a Catheter is Not Given a Catheter, Unless It is Necessary.
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Resident Rights
Provide Services to Meet the Needs and Preferences of Each Resident.
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Enforcement
Below is a list of any civil penalities or denials of payment for new admissions (DPNA) that this facility received in the previous three years. Note: Monetary figures are not available for DPNAs.
| Action Taken | Date | Amount |
| Civil Money Penalty (CMP) | 04/13/2009 | $10,725 |
| Civil Money Penalty (CMP) | 12/04/2008 | $13,325 |
Deficiencies from Complaints and Incidents
The table below lists incident reports by the nursing staff or administration for Washington Square Healthcare Center, as well as complaints by residents or their family in the previous three years.
Degree of Harm
- - Potential for Minimal Harm
- - Minimal Harm or Potential for Harm
- - Resident Harmed
- - Immediate Jeopardy to Resident Health
Residents Affected
- - Isolated
- - Some Residents
- - Many Residents
| Formal Complaints | Degree of Harm | Residents Affected |
Administration
Keep Accurate and Appropriate Medical Records.
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Environmental
Make Sure That the Nursing Home Area is Free of Dangers That Cause Accidents.
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Make Sure That the Nursing Home Area is Free of Dangers That Cause Accidents.
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Mistreatment
1) Hire Only People Who Have No Legal History of Abusing, Neglecting or Mistreating Residents; or 2) Report and Investigate Any Acts or Reports of Abuse, Neglect or Mistreatment of Residents.
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1) Hire Only People Who Have No Legal History of Abusing, Neglecting or Mistreating Residents; or 2) Report and Investigate Any Acts or Reports of Abuse, Neglect or Mistreatment of Residents.
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Pharmacy Service
Keep the Rate of Medication Errors (Wrong Drug, Wrong Dose, Wrong Time) to Less Than 5%.
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Quality Care
Give Residents Proper Treatment to Prevent New Bed (Pressure) Sores or Heal Existing Bed Sores.
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Give Proper Treatment to Residents with Feeding Tubes to Prevent Problems (Such As Aspiration Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Vomiting, Dehydration, Metabolic Abnormalities, Nasal-Pharyngeal Ulcers) and Help Restore Eating Skills, if Possible.
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Resident Assessment
Make a Complete Assessment That Covers All Questions for Areas That Are Listed in Official Regulations.
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Resident Rights
Immediately Tell the Resident, Doctor, and a Family Member If: the Resident is Injured, There is a Major Change in Resident's Physical/Mental Health, There is a Need to Alter Treatment Significantly, or the Resident Must Be Transferred or Discharged.
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Fire Safety
Nursing homes certified by Medicare and/or Medicaid are required to have fire safety inspections to meet Life Safety Code (LSC) standards. Below is a list of deficiencies that Washington Square Healthcare Center had in recent fire safety inspections. This information can be used to see if all standards were met, the degree of harm, the number of residents affected, and the date when deficiencies were corrected. Note: The most recent fire safety survey was on 12/07/2010.
Degree of Harm
- - Potential for Minimal Harm
- - Minimal Harm or Potential for Harm
- - Resident Harmed
- - Immediate Jeopardy to Resident Health
Residents Affected
- - Isolated
- - Some Residents
- - Many Residents
| Deficiencies Found By Inspectors | Degree of Harm | Residents Affected |
Corridor Walls and Doors
Corridors That Are Separated from Common Areas by Walls Constructed to Limit the Passage of Smoke.
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Corridor and Hallway Doors That Block Smoke.
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Electrical
Properly Installed Electrical Wiring and Equipment.
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Emergency Plans and Fire Drills
Record of Quarterly Fire Drills for Each Shift Under Varying Conditions.
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Exits and Egress
Exits That Are Accessible at All Times.
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Fire Alarm Systems
An Approved Installation, Maintenance and Testing Program for Fire Alarm Systems.
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Hazardous Area
Construction That Can Resist Fire for One Hour or an Approved Fire Extinguishing System.
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Illumination and Emergency Power
Proper Backup Exit Lighting.
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Emergency Lighting That Can Last at Least 1 1/2 Hours.
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