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Quality Life Services - Mercer

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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8221 Lamor Road,
Mercer PA 16137

(724) 662-5860

86.66% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Quality Life Services - Mercer has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Quality Life Services - Mercer is located in Mercer, Pennsylvania. This facility received an uninspiring overall grade of D, which is a well below average grade. This is not the worse place we graded, however, we would still struggle to recommend it. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • Bariatric Care
  • Colostomy Care
  • Catheter Care

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we did not rate this facility well overall, we wanted to note its decent inspections in recent years. We gave it a relatively respectable score of B- in this area. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing score is primarily tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next area we looked at is short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of B-. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Our last area is long-term care, where we awarded this nursing home a C in that category. Long-term care grades are used to measure a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated 82.30769 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be significantly below what we were hoping for. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Quality Life Services - Mercer Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 16.1% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 1.55% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 24.8% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 11.86% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are typically prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 1.64% of Patients

This is the percent of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 88.38% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 9.48% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Some would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 12.65% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 12.65% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 21.04% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Quality Life Services - Mercer, 84.64% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Grove City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.33 miles away631 North Broad Street Ext. Grove City Pennsylvania 16127Voluntary non-profit - Private(724) 450-7000
  • Sharon Regional Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 11.92 miles away740 East State Street Sharon Pennsylvania 16146Proprietary(724) 983-3800
  • Upmc HorizonAcute Care Hospitals 13.43 miles away110 North Main Street Greenville Pennsylvania 16125Voluntary non-profit - Private(724) 588-2100
  • Upmc JamesonAcute Care Hospitals 16.04 miles away1211 Wilmington Avenue New Castle Pennsylvania 16105Voluntary non-profit - Other(724) 656-4100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dci of Shenango Valley9.72 miles away737 Brookshire Drive Hermitage Pennsylvania 16148Dialysis Stations: 19 (724) 342-3040
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Hermitage9.82 miles away3036 Innovation Way Hermitage Pennsylvania 16148CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (724) 981-1328
  • Dci of Grove City10.48 miles away631 North Broad Street Extension Grove City Pennsylvania 16127Dialysis Stations: 12 (724) 458-0877
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - New Castle16.32 miles away207 West Laurel Avenue New Castle Pennsylvania 16101CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (724) 658-1216
  • New Castle Dialysis Center16.99 miles away100 South Jefferson Street, Suite 187 New Castle Pennsylvania 16101Dialysis Stations: 16 (724) 652-2585