Abington Manor

Abington Manor is a facility located in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, a city with 21,985 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some respectable marks. Based on our analysis, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. The best part of this facility's report card was is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

This facility's best category grade came in the category of health inspections. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Another one of this facility's better category scores came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B. It actually outpaced most facilities in this category. In computing these short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home, which as an area this nursing home performed much more favorably. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in this area with 62 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. Our nursing rating is based on several components, however, the main consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provides only 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure as it is well below average. Although this facility ranked poorly in terms of the quantity of nursing care offered, it actually performed admirably in some of our quality-based metrics. It was above average in two of the major metrics we assess, with positive reviews for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls.

The last area we analyzed is long-term care, was this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in that area. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 94.82289 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.85 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.